Shilling, Chris (2016) The rise of body studies and the embodiment of society: A review of the field. Horizons in Humanities and Social Sciences: An International Refereed Journal, 2 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2413-6301. (doi:10.19089/hhss.v2i1.39) (KAR id:58373)
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Abstract
During the last few decades there has been a pronounced
‘turn to the body’ within sociology and social thought. Exploring
the background to and the parameters of this development, this
paper explores how this focus on embodiment has been used to develop
new perspectives within social and cultural analysis, and can be
assessed as an essential means of avoiding the Cartesian bias within
much Western thought. Revisiting sociology’s heritage, it then identifies
important resources for this project within classical writings, before
analyzing why the body has become such a contested phenomenon
within social analysis and society. As developments in science,
medicine and technology have made the body increasingly malleable,
so too have they made it subject to debates and disagreements about
what is normal, desirable and even sacred about the physical identities
and capacities of embodied subjects.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.19089/hhss.v2i1.39 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | the body, embodiment, sociology, structures/agency, social inequalities |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Lucie Patch |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2016 12:52 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2023 11:34 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/58373 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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