The body and experiences of embodiment have generated a rich and diverse sociological literature. This book concentrates on articulating and illustrating one major approach to the sociology of the body. It draws on symbolic interactionism, an increasingly prevalent theoretical base of contemporary sociology derived from the pragmatism of writers such as John Dewey and George Herbert Mead. The authors argue that from an interactionist perspective, the body is much more than a tangible, corporeal object. It is a vessel of meaning of great significance to the individual and society, and a social object. From this perspective body, self and social interaction are intimately interrelated and constantly being reconfigured. The essays in this collection constitute a unique anthology of empirical research on the body, from health and illness to sexuality, from beauty and imagery to bodily performance in sport and art, and from mediated communication to plastic surgery. These contributions are informed by innovative interactionist theory, offering fresh insights into one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines of sociology and cultural studies.
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Dennis D. Waskul is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Minnesota State University Mankato, USA. His empirical and theoretical articles have been published in Symbolic Interaction, New Media & Society, The Information Society, and Sociological Spectrum. His research interests have been largely organized around the dynamics of embodiment, with special interest in liminal circumstances where fantasy, imagination, and reality coexist. Phillip Vannini is a Research Fellow in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University in Victoria, Canada. He has published theory and research dealing with semiotics and symbolic interactionism, and the semiotics of the body in the following journals: Journal of Popular Culture, CTheory, Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, Studies in Symbolic Interaction, and Symbolic Interaction.
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Great collection of essays on embodiment. A lot of the sociology of the body is postmodern "deconstructions" of bodies as text. Yawn. This book has a few great pieces in it, though, that speak to the actual embodied experiences of actual people, done through responsible ethnography. A refreshing change from most of what's out there.
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conventional bodily boundaries, reflexive body techniques, excretory conduct, corporeal indeterminacy, aberrant flesh, reflexive embodiment, abject embodiment, obesity debate, ecstatic body, epidemic psychology, qualitative immediacy, embodied sociology, narrative surrender, phenomenological body, interracial sexual contact, embodied sensation, finite provinces, food metaphor, discursive constraint, male embodiment, exotic dancing, status passage, midwifery care, organic interaction, interactionist tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of Chicago Press, Rambo Ronai, University of California Press, Oxford University Press, Thousand Oaks, Erving Goffman, George Herbert, Houston Energy, New Brunswick, Simon Boccanegra, Temple University Press, American Sociological Review, Basic Books, Cambridge University Press, Charles Horton, Cornell University Press, David Pountney, Deviant Behavior, The Presentation of Self, Aldine de Gruyter, Collected Papers, Dennis Waskul, Dissertation Abstracts International, Free Press New!
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conventional bodily boundaries, reflexive body techniques, excretory conduct, corporeal indeterminacy, aberrant flesh, reflexive embodiment, abject embodiment, obesity debate, ecstatic body, epidemic psychology, qualitative immediacy, embodied sociology, narrative surrender, phenomenological body, interracial sexual contact, embodied sensation, finite provinces, food metaphor, discursive constraint, male embodiment, exotic dancing, status passage, midwifery care, organic interaction, interactionist tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of Chicago Press, Rambo Ronai, University of California Press, Oxford University Press, Thousand Oaks, Erving Goffman, George Herbert, Houston Energy, New Brunswick, Simon Boccanegra, Temple University Press, American Sociological Review, Basic Books, Cambridge University Press, Charles Horton, Cornell University Press, David Pountney, Deviant Behavior, The Presentation of Self, Aldine de Gruyter, Collected Papers, Dennis Waskul, Dissertation Abstracts International, Free Press New!
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- Art as Experience by John Dewey on page 151, page 196, and page 199
- The Social Body (Habit, Identity and Desire) by Nick Crossley in Front Matter, page 32, and page 198
- The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations by Norbert Elias on page 48, page 69, and page 260
- Requiem for a Dream: A Novel by Hubert Selby Jr. on page 176, and page 179
- The History of Manners (The Civilizing Process, Vol. 1) by Norbert Elias on page 48, and page 82
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