The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory

By Mike Featherstone

Book Overview

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. The importance of a theoretical understanding of the body to social and cultural analysis of contemporary societies is demonstrated through specific case studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803984138
• ISBN13: 9780803984134
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Solid start to understanding a Hot Topic

It's in vogue for social scientists to declare they are interested in the body. This collection of theoretical articles offers a solid foundation for people who make such declarations to know what they are talking about. Yes, there's life after Foucault. Micro-politics and the realities of sensual experience offer scientists a way of not outdating themselves.