Title:
The body in society : an introduction
Author:
Howson, Alexandra.
ISBN:
9780745625379
9780745625386
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK : Polity ; Malden, MA : Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Physical Description:
198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
The body in everyday life -- The body, gender and sex -- The civilized body -- The body in consumer culture -- Regulating the body -- Images and experiences of childhood, ageing and death.
Abstract:
An introduction to the sociology of the body, this book examines what certain aspects of our bodies, such as the size, shape, smell and demeanor, reveal about the social organization of everyday life and how the body is crucial to the way we engage with the world and the people around us.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip042/2003007446.html