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Body Matters

Paperback • 1993 • English

Body Matters

By Sue Scott

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About the book

Focusing on the sociological embodiment of various "social actors", the authors consider the subsequent links with the constraints of daily life i.e. the male body, female therapists, body builders, marital and sexual counsellors, sex workers. They present recent or new research findings on aspects of the body, variants from what is conventionally seen as "natural" and consider and question aspects of self-image versus society's expectations. A number of developments in discussions of the body o...Show more

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ISBN

9781850009436

Publisher

Routledge Falmer

Published year

1993

Language

English

Original title

Body Matters

Format

Paperback

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