Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-22962-8
Verlag: Open University Press
Many theorists in sociology offer perspectives on the link between society and body modification, mostly focused in one way or another upon ‘modernity’. Reflexive Embodiment in Contemporary Society reviews this literature, evaluates competing claims and suggests an alternative approach. Nick Crossley contends that existing perspectives are very selective in the range of modification practices they focus upon and in their conception of both modernity and its effects upon the body. While various theories identify clusters of modification practices and link them to aspects of modernity, there has been no systematic attempt to combine these partial accounts into a coherent vision. This book provides such a vision and offers a major contribution to the sociology of the body.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Series editor’s preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Reviewing the field
Identity, individualism and risk
Civilization, informalization and distinction
Power, resistance and discipline
Consumption, gender and the fashion-beauty complex
Part Two: Rethinking reflexive embodiment
Introduction to part two
Obesity Crisis
Blind spots, the absent body and being-for-others
I, me and the other
Reflexive body techniques and social networks
Mapping reflexive embodiment
Conclusion
References
Index