We all have a body, but how does it impact upon our day to day life? This book sets out to explore how ordinary women, men and children talk about their bodies, through four central themes:-
* physical and emotional bodies
* illness and disability
* gender
* ageing.
A coherent collection of such empirical research, The Body in Everyday Life provides an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, a field previously dominated by theoretical or philosophical accounts.
| ISBN: | 9780415162005 |
| Publication date: | 28th May 1998 |
| Author: | Sarah Nettleton, Jonathan Watson |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 308 pages |
| Series: | The New Sociology |
| Genres: |
Health & Fitness Health, illness and addiction: social aspects Personal and public health / health education Medical sociology Sociology Anthropology |