The body & society : explorations in social theory / Bryan S. Turner.

By:

Turner, Bryan S

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)Publication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2008.Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 285 p. ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781412929875 (pbk.)
9781412929868 (hbk.)

Other title:

Body and society

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.4 TUR 23 013057

LOC classification:

HM636 .T87 2008

Contents:

Introduction to the Third Edition 1 1 The Mode of Desire 17 2 Sociology and the Body 33 3 The Body and Religion 57 4 Bodily Order 77 5 Eve's Body 101 6 The End of Patriarchy? 119 7 The Disciplines 135 8 Government of the Body 151 9 Disease and Disorder 173 10 Ontology of Difference 192 11 Bodies in Motion 213 12 The Body and Boredom 227 13 Epilogue: Vulnerability and Values 242 References 263 Index 277

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Previous ed.: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index.

Introduction to the Third Edition 1
1 The Mode of Desire 17
2 Sociology and the Body 33
3 The Body and Religion 57
4 Bodily Order 77
5 Eve's Body 101
6 The End of Patriarchy? 119
7 The Disciplines 135
8 Government of the Body 151
9 Disease and Disorder 173
10 Ontology of Difference 192
11 Bodies in Motion 213
12 The Body and Boredom 227
13 Epilogue: Vulnerability and Values 242
References 263
Index 277

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