The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment
The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment challenges the view that bodies belong to the category of “nature” and are biological, essential, and pre-social. It argues instead that bodies both shape and get shaped by human societies. As such, the body is an appropriate and necessary...
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| description | The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment challenges the view that bodies belong to the category of “nature” and are biological, essential, and pre-social. It argues instead that bodies both shape and get shaped by human societies. As such, the body is an appropriate and necessary area of study for sociologists. The Handbook works to clarify the scope of this topic and display the innovations of research within the field. The volume is divided into three main parts: Bodies and Methodology; Marginalized Bodies; and Embodied Sociology. Sociologists contributing to the first two parts focus on the body and the ways it is given meaning, regulated, and subjected to legal and medical oversight in a variety of social contexts (particularly when the body in question violates norms for how a culture believes bodies “ought” to behave or appear). Sociologists contributing to the last part use the bodily as a lens through which to study social institutions and experiences. These social settings range from personal decisions about medical treatment to programs for teaching police recruits how to use physical force, from social movement tactics to countries’ understandings of race and national identity. Many chapters throughout the book offer extended methodological reflections, providing guidance on how to conduct sociological research on the body and, at times, acknowledging the role the authors’ own bodies play in developing their knowledge of the research subject. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-646122025-03-12T16:45:41Z The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment Boero, Natalie Mason, Katherine body, embodiment, methodology, sociological research, marginalization, norms, institutions, personal thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VX Mind, body, spirit The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment challenges the view that bodies belong to the category of “nature” and are biological, essential, and pre-social. It argues instead that bodies both shape and get shaped by human societies. As such, the body is an appropriate and necessary area of study for sociologists. The Handbook works to clarify the scope of this topic and display the innovations of research within the field. The volume is divided into three main parts: Bodies and Methodology; Marginalized Bodies; and Embodied Sociology. Sociologists contributing to the first two parts focus on the body and the ways it is given meaning, regulated, and subjected to legal and medical oversight in a variety of social contexts (particularly when the body in question violates norms for how a culture believes bodies “ought” to behave or appear). Sociologists contributing to the last part use the bodily as a lens through which to study social institutions and experiences. These social settings range from personal decisions about medical treatment to programs for teaching police recruits how to use physical force, from social movement tactics to countries’ understandings of race and national identity. Many chapters throughout the book offer extended methodological reflections, providing guidance on how to conduct sociological research on the body and, at times, acknowledging the role the authors’ own bodies play in developing their knowledge of the research subject. 2021-04-15T02:01:49Z 2021-04-15T02:01:49Z 2021-04-14T09:36:54Z 2019 book OCN: 1155485783 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47836 9780190842475 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64612 eng open access Oxford University Press 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190842475.001.0001 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190842475.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 Chapter 10 Animal, Mechanical, and Me 9780190842475 Oxford open access |
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| title | The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment |
| title_full | The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment |
| title_short | The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment |
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| topic | body, embodiment, methodology, sociological research, marginalization, norms, institutions, personal thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VX Mind, body, spirit |
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