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The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory
Autor: Featherstone, Mike.
Rok: 1991
ISBN: 9780803984134
OKCZID: 110079936
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Anotace
Traditionally the social sciences have worked within dichotomies which have profoundly influenced Western thought: body//soul and naturelture. Whereas anthropology has recognised the importance of human bodies, sociology has tended to treat the individual as a disembodied decision-making agent. Yet contemporary societies exhibit a profound concern over bodily practice. This is expressed not only through pervasive concepts of bodily health, fitness and beauty, but also in relation to sexuality - exemplified in particular by concerns with female sexuality, homosexuality and AIDS.This challenging volume reasserts the centrality of the body within social theory as a means to understanding the complex interrelations between nature, culture and society. At a theoretical level, the volume explores the origins of a social theory of the body in sources ranging from the work of Nietzsche to contemporary feminist theory. The importance of a theoretical understanding of the body to social and cultural analysis of contemporary societies is demonstrated through specific case studies. These range from the expression of the emotions, romantic love, dietary practice, consumer culture, fitness and beauty, to media images of women and sexuality.This wide-ranging book, drawing in part on papers published in Theory, Culture & Society, will be of interest to an interdisciplinary market in cultural studies, the social sciences and the humanities. Theory, Culture & SocietySeries editor Mike Featherstone Reader in Social Studies, Teesside Polytechnic Series editorial board: Roy Boyne Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic Mike Hepworth University of Aberdeen Scott Lash University of Lancaster Roland Robertson University of Pittsburgh Bryan S Turner University of Essex 'In my view, the publication of TCS is about the best thing which has happened to sociology in recent years.' - Zygmunt Bauman The journal Theory, Culture & Society has been a great success story of sociology in the 1980s. Launched to cater for the resurgence of interest in culture within contemporary social science, it has carved out a new interdisciplinary niche at the borders of social theory and cultural studies which has attracted international interest. Theory, Culture & Society has featured papers by and about such leading theorists as Foucault, Bourdieu, Baudrillard, Goffman, Bell, Parsons, Elias, Gadamer, Luhmann, Habermas and Giddens. The book series retains the journal's central focus on a wide range of theorizations of culture and ways of understanding the relationship between culture and society. Building on the heritage of classic social theory, it will examine the ways in which this tradition has been reshaped by a new generation of theorists.