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Embodying Sociology: Retrospect, Progress and Prospects
Chris Shilling (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6794-9
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208 pages
June 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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1. Sociology and the Body: Classical Traditions and New Agendas: Chris Shilling (University of Portsmouth).

2. Culture, Technologies and Bodies: the Technological Utopia of Living Forever: Bryan S. Turner (Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore).

3. Somatic Elements in Social Conflict: Donald N. Levine (The University of Chicago, USA).

4. Reclaiming Women’s Bodies: Colonialist trope or critical epistemology?: Kathy Davis (Utrecht University, The Netherlands).

5. Fieldwork Embodied: Judith Okely (Hull University and Oxford University).

6. Researching Embodiment By Way of ‘Body Techniques’: Nick Crossley (University of Manchester).

7. Breathing Like A Soldier: Culture Incarnate: Brian Lande (University of California-Berkeley, USA).

8. Listening to the Dancer’s Body: Anna Aalten (University of Amsterdam).

9. Embodied Knowledge in Glassblowing: The Experience of Meaning and the Struggle Towards Proficiency: Erin O’Connor (New School for Social Research, New York City, USA).

10. Vulnerable/Dangerous Bodies? The Trials and Tribulations of Sleep: Simon J. Williams (University of Warwick).

Notes on Contributors.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

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