The Body in Culture, Technology and Society

by Chris Shilling

Book Overview

This is an impressive book by one of the leading social theorists working in the field of body studies. It provides a critical summation of theoretical and substantive work in the field to date, while also presenting a powerful argument for a corporeal realism in which the body is both generative of the emergent properties of social structure and a location of their effects. Its scope and originality make it a key point of reference for students and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761971246
• ISBN13: 9780761971245
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"