Touching Space, Placing Touch. Edited by Mark Paterson and Martin Dodge

by Mark Paterson

Book Overview

Given that touch and touching is so central to everyday embodied existence, why has it been largely ignored by social scientists for so long? What is the place of touch in our mixed spaces of sociality, work, domesticity, recreation, creativity or care? What conceptual resources and academic languages can we reach towards when approaching tactile activities and somatic experiences through the body? How is this tactile landscape gendered? How is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138253499
• ISBN13: 9781138253490
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"