Regulating Bodies: Essays in Medical SociologyBryan Turner is generally acknowledged to have been the key figure in opening up the sociological debate about the body. In this coruscating and fascinating book he shows how his thinking on the subject has developed and why sociologists must take the body seriously. |
Contents
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Introduction | 15 |
Part I Discovering bodies | 29 |
Part II Medical sociology | 123 |
Part III Regimes of regulation | 175 |
an interview with Richard Fardon | 229 |
Bryan S Turners publications on the sociology of the body and medical sociology | 263 |
Name index | 266 |
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