The Body: Social Process and Cultural TheoryMike Featherstone, Mike Hepworth, Bryan S Turner 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. |
Contents
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A ProcessSociological Essay | 103 |
Chapter 4 On the Civilizing of Appetite | 126 |
Chapter 5 The Discourse of Diet | 157 |
Chapter 6 The Body in Consumer Culture | 170 |
Notes on a Popular Strip | 197 |
The Case of Aikido | 209 |
FoucaultDeleuzeNietzsche | 256 |
Chapter 11 The Art of the Body in the Discourse of Postmodernity | 281 |
Chapter 12 Loves Labour Lost? A Sociological View | 297 |
Sociology and Marilyn Monroe | 325 |
Chapter 14 Carmen or The Invention of a New Feminine Myth | 339 |
Chapter 15 The Mask of Ageing and the Postmodern Life Course | 371 |
Chapter 16 Sociological Discourse and the Body | 390 |
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