Body/embodiment : symbolic interaction and the sociology of the body / edited by Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini.

Other author Waskul, Dennis D., 1969-
Other author Vannini, Phillip.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Descriptionxiv, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Human body--Social aspects.
Symbolic interactionism.

Contents Introduction : the body and symbolic interaction / Dennis D. Waskul, Phillip Vannini -- The networked body and the question of reflexivity / Nick Crossley -- Reflections of the body, images of self : visibility and invisibility in chronic illness and disability / Kathy Charmaz, Dana Rosenfeld -- Reflexive transembodiment / Douglas Schrock, Emily M. Boyd -- Building bodily boundaries : embodied enactment and experience / Spencer E. Cahill -- Body armor : managing disability and the precariousness of the territories of the self / Carol Brooks Gardner, William P. Gronfein -- Opera and the embodiment of performance / Paul Atkinson -- Samba no mar : bodies, movement and idiom in Capoeira / Neil Stephens, Sara Delamont -- Corporeal indeterminacy : the value of embodied, interpretive sociology / Lee F. Monaghan -- Intelligent bodies : embodied subjectivity and human-horse communication / Keri Brandt -- Professional female football players : tackling like a girl? / Joseph Kotarba, Matt Held -- The addict's body : embodiment, drug use, and representation / Richard Huggins -- Body ekstasis : socio-semiotic reflections on surpassing the dualism of body-image / Phillip Vannini, Dennis D. Waskul -- Eating the black body : interracial desire, food, food metaphor and white fear / Erica Owens, Bronwyn Beistle -- Claiming the bodies of exotic dancers : the problematic discourse of commodification / Carol Rambo, Sara Renée Presley, Don Mynatt -- The fit and healthy body : consumer narratives and the management of postmodern corporeity / Charles Edgley -- Masks of masculinity : (sur)passing narratives and cosmetic surgery / Michael Atkinson -- The pregnant/birthing body : negotiations of personal autonomy / Rachel Westfall -- Viewing the body : an overview, exploration and extension / Clinton R. Sanders.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006009524
ISBN0754647269 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780754647263

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HM636 .B584 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold