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The Body
Social Process and Cultural Theory
Edited by:
- Mike Featherstone - Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- Mike Hepworth - University of Aberdeen, UK
- Bryan S Turner - City University of New York, USA
January 1991 | 352 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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.
Mike Featherstone, Mike Hepworth and Bryan S Turner
Preface
Bryan S Turner
Recent Developments in the Theory of the Body
Arthur Frank
Bringing Bodies Back In
Norbert Elias
On Human Beings and Their Emotions
Stephen Mennell
On the Civilizing of Appetite
Bryan S Turner
The Discourse of Diet
Mike Featherstone
The Body in Consumer Culture
Mike Featherstone and Mike Hepworth
The Midlifestyle of 'George and Lynne'
Donald N Levine
Martial Arts as a Resource for Liberal Education
Martin Hewitt
Bio-politics and Social Policy
Scott Lash
Genealogy and The Body
Roy Boyne
The Art of The Body in The Discourse of Postmodernity
Margareta Bertilsson
Love's Labour Lost? A Sociological View
Graham McCann
Biographical Boundaries
Dick Pels and Aya Crebas
Carmen - or The Invention of a New Feminine Myth
Mike Featherstone and Mike Hepworth
The Mask of Ageing
J M Berthelot
Sociological Discourse and The Body
