Journeys of embodiment at the intersection of body and culture : the developmental theory of embodiment.
| Author/creator | Piran, Niva |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | [Place of publication not identified] : Elsevier Academic Press, 2017. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Front Cover; JOURNEYS OF EMBODIMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF BODY AND CULTURE; Editorial Advisors; JOURNEYS OF EMBODIMENT AT THE Intersection of BODY AND CULTURE: THE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY OF EMBODIMENT ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; BODIES IN DISTRESS; HOLDING A MIRROR TO CULTURE; References; 1 -- The Developmental Theory of Embodiment: Discovering Paths in the Body Journeys of Girls and Women; WHY STUDY EMBODIMENT?; RESEARCH PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE OF EMBODIMENT; Dimension 1: Body Connection and Comfort versus Body Disconnection and Discomfort |
| Contents | Dimension 2: Agency and Functionality versus Blocked Agency and RestraintDimension 3: Experience and Expression of Desire versus Disowning Desire; Dimension 4: Attuned Self-care versus Disrupted Attunement, Neglect, and Self-harm; Dimension 5: Inhabiting the Body as a Subjective Site versus as an Objectified Site; Understanding Positive and Negative Embodiment: Innovative Aspects of the Experience of Embodiment Construct; KEY SOCIAL DOMAINS THAT SHAPE EMBODIMENT: THE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY OF EMBODIMENT; The Physical Domain: Physical Freedom versus Physical Corseting |
| Contents | Freedom in Physical Engagement and Movement (vs. Corseted and Blocked Physical Engagement and Movement)Freedom in Physical Engagement (vs. Blocked Physical Engagement); Freedom of Movement and of Taking Physical Space (vs. Constriction of Movement and of Physical Space); Safety for the Body Territory (vs. Violations to the Body Territory); Safety from Violations (vs. Exposure to Violations); Safety from Coercive Body Alterations and Practices (vs. Coercive Body Alterations and Practices); Care of the Body (vs. Neglect of Body Care); Freedom of Desire (vs. Restriction of Desire) |
| Contents | The Mental Domain: Mental Freedom versus Mental Corseting appearancee-Related Discourses: The Body as a Deficient Object; Comportment-Related Discourses: Woman as Docile; Regulating Dichotomies and Labels; The Social Power and Relational Connections Domain (vs. Social Disempowerment and Disconnection); Freedom from Prejudice and Harassment; Access to Resources; Freedom from Body-Based Harassment; Freedom from Appearance-Based Social Power; Empowering Relationships; Membership in Equitable Communities; A Social Theory of Embodiment-Innovative Aspects of the Developmental Theory of Embodiment |
| Contents | The Body Journeys of Jane anCrystal janene: A Journey of (Mostly) Freedom; Crystal: A Journey with (Multiple) Corsets; CHAPTER SUMMARY; References; 2 -- Qualified Freedom on Borrowed Territories: Early Childhood to Age Eight; MAY I COME IN? PHYSICAL FREEDOM ON BORROWED TERRITORIES; BETWEEN PASSION AND PICTURE DAY: MENTAL FREEDOM IN PERMEABLE BOY/GIRL BOUNDARIES; WHEN SAILOR MOON MEETS BARBIE: GLIMPSES OF SOCIAL POWER IN INEQUITABLE PLAYING FIELDS; CHAPTER SUMMARY; References; 3 -- Intense Transitions: Tweens (Ages 9-12); PINK CORSETS IN THE PHYSICAL TERRITORY |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Piran, Nina. Journeys of embodiment at the intersection of body and culture : the developmental theory of embodiment. London, England : Academic Press, c2017 xv, 320 pages 9780128054109 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0128094214 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9780128094211 (electronic bk.) |