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Social Process and Cultural Theory
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Description

This book carries on the process, initiated by Bryan Turner in his seminal work "The Body and Society", of re-establishing the importance of the body to the social sciences and the humanities. This volume reasserts the centrality of the body within social theory as a means to understanding the complex inter-relations 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 Nietzche to contemporary feminist theory. The importance of 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.

Author Biography:

Bryan S. Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore. Previously he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge from 1998-2005. His research interests include globalization and religion, concentrating on such issues as religious conflict and the modern state, religious authority and electronic information, religious, consumerism and youth cultures, human rights and religion, the human body, medical change, and religious cosmologies. He is Joint Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals.
Release date NZ
January 10th, 1991
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by Bryan S. Turner
  • Edited by Mike Featherstone
  • Edited by Mike Hepworth
Pages
352
Dimensions
138x216x23
ISBN-13
9780803984134
Product ID
2452994

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