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The Body in Culture, Technology and Society
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Pages: 258
Authors: Chris Shilling
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′Once in a while a manuscript stops you in your tracks... What we are offered here is no recovering of old ground but a step change in perspectives on "body m
The Body in Society
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Pages: 266
Authors: Alexandra Howson
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In everyday life we are not, for the most part, actively conscious of our bodies or the bodies of others – we simply take them for granted. This new edition o
The Body and Social Theory
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Authors: Professor Chris Shilling
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Praise for the First Edition: `Essential to any collection of work on the body, health and illness, or social theory' - Choice `Sophisticated ... and acutely pe
Physical Culture, Power, and the Body
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During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture - that is, cult