The Body Social
1st Edition
Published on 11. September 2002
320 pages
978-1-134-85026-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this captivating book Anthony Synnott explores a subject which has been woefully ignored: our bodies. He surveys the history for thinking about the body and the senses, then focuses on specific themes: gender, beauty, the face, hair, touch, smell and sight. He concludes with a review of classical and contemporary theories of the body and the senses. Thinking about the body will never be the same after reading this book.
Reviews / Votes
`A valuable pionerring work that makes a significant contribution to the now rapidly growing sociological literature on the body' - Sociological Review'Synnott shows just how much scholarly attention has been devoted to the body over the past twenty years ... [he] calmly plots a course throuh this material, pruning its excesses, highlighting its essentials and placing it all in the widest context possible.' - New Statesman and Society
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,37 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-85026-6 (9781134850266)
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Content
Introduction I Body, II Gender, III Beauty and the Face, IV Hair, V The Senses, VI Touch, VII Smell, VIII Sight, IX Sociologies of the Body, Notes, Bibliography
