num_pages: 272
description: Interest in sociological study of the body, theoretically and empirically, has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together exciting and stimulating research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to social arenas of moral and medical regulation.
language: English
title: Constructing Gendered Bodies
titlecomplete: Constructing Gendered Bodies (Explorations in Sociology.)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan