Embodying Health Identities

by Allison James and Jenny Hockey

How do we know we are ill? Are health, illness and disability universal categories? How important is the body in our understanding of health? These crucial questions are just some of the issues tackled in this comprehensive and insightful new book.

Embodying Health Identities offers a fundamental account of the sociology of health, exploring the relationship between health and identity through a focus on embodiment. Bringing together...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403914737
• ISBN13: 9781403914736
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"