Thinking Through the Body
Subtitle: Archaeologies of Corporeality
Contributors: Yannis Hamilakis (Editor); Mark Pluciennik (Editor); Sarah Tarlow (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780306466489
Subjects: Economic And Social Archaeology; Prehistoric Anthropology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Archaeology; Social Science / Archaeology; Anthropology - Cultural; Anthropology - General; Body, Human; Congresses; History; Social archaeology; Social aspects; Symbolic aspects
First sentence: The body has been a topic of considerable debate and discussion in the humanities and social sciences under the influence of major theoreticians such as Foucault, Merleau-Ponty, Bourdieu, Douglas and Butler.