| Constructing Gendered Bodies 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Backett-Milburn, K. (Editor), McKie, L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0333774620 ISBN-13: 9780333774625 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $45.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: Interest in the sociological study of the body has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together theory and research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to the social regulation of medicine. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 305.3 |
| LCCN: 00053060 |
| Series: Explorations in Sociology. |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.98" W x 8.52" (0.93 lbs) 253 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Interest in sociological study of the body, theoretically and empirically, has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together exciting and stimulating research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to social arenas of moral and medical regulation. |