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  • Challenging Myths of Masculinity

    Understanding Physical Cultures

    di Lee F. Monaghan, Michael Atkinson ...
    Serie series Interactionist Currents
    Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding, for example, has been explained in terms of gender inadequacy and an 'Adonis complex' akin to reverse anorexia, while men electing to undergo aesthetic cosmetic surgery are deemed 'too concerned' about their appearance and thus woman ... Altre info

    70,48 €

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  • Perfect Me

    Beauty as an Ethical Ideal

    di Heather Widdows ...
    How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today’s worldThe demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves good or bad, a success or a failure. Perfect Me explores the changing nature of the beauty ideal, showing how it is more ... Altre info

    25,78 €

  • The Fat Studies Reader

    Rivisto da Esther Rothblum, Sondra Solovay ...
    Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in PsychologyWinner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women’s Studies from the Popular Culture AssociationA milestone anthology of fifty-three voices on the burgeoning scholarly movement—fat studiesWe have all seen the segments on television news shows: A fat person walking on the ... Altre info

    26,61 €

  • The Logic of Care

    Health and the Problem of Patient Choice

    di Annemarie Mol ...
    **Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2010**What is good care? In this innovative and compelling book, Annemarie Mol argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore, creating more opportunities for patient choice will not improve health care.Although it is possible to treat people who seek professional help as customers or citizens, Mol ... Altre info

    53,75 €

  • The Body and Social Theory

    di Chris Shilling ...
    Serie series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    "Great to have a new edition - this is essential reading and provides a clear, accessible yet original overview of social theory and the body."- Sarah Nettleton***, University of York***"Lucidly argued and accessibly written, this book avoids the pitfalls of either too much naturalism or too much social constructivism. It is a book with something for everyone, from the classics in social theory on ... Altre info

    84,23 €

  • Ethics and the Beast

    A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation

    di Tzachi Zamir ...
    Many people think that animal liberation would require a fundamental transformation of basic beliefs. We would have to give up "speciesism" and start viewing animals as our equals, with rights and moral status. And we would have to apply these beliefs in an all-or-nothing way. But in Ethics and the Beast, Tzachi Zamir makes the radical argument that animal liberation doesn't require such radical ... Altre info

    24,95 €

  • Foucault, Health and Medicine

    Rivisto da Robin Bunton, Alan Petersen ...
    The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new lines of enquiry. This book assesses the contribution of Foucault's work to research and thinking in the area of health and medicine, and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and ... Altre info

    69,28 €

  • Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk

    di Lee Monaghan ...
    Current popular interest in bodies, fitness, sport and active lifestyles, has made bodybuilding more visible and acceptable within mainstream society than ever before. However, the association between bodybuilding, drugs and risk has contributed to a negative image of an activity which many people find puzzling. Using data obtained from participant observation and interviews, this book explores ... Altre info

    57,33 €

  • The Body in Society

    An Introduction

    di Alexandra Howson ...
    In everyday life we are not, for the most part, actively conscious of our bodies or the bodies of others – we simply take them for granted. This new edition of a lively introduction to the sociology of the body examines what certain aspects of our bodies, such as the size, shape, smell and demeanour, reveal about the social organization of everyday life and how the body is crucial to the way we ... Altre info

    19,99 €

  • Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'

    Governing Bodies

    Rivisto da Jan Wright, Valerie Harwood ...
    Serie series Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare
    Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the 'obesity epidemic.' The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different individuals, social groups and institutions. Contributors from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia ... Altre info

    69,28 €

  • Strong and Hard Women

    An ethnography of female bodybuilding

    di Tanya Bunsell ...
    Serie series Routledge Advances in Ethnography
    Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, discomfort, anger and threat. The controversial nature of female bodybuilding has caused a significant rupture on feminist ground. Whilst proponents claim that female bodybuilding is a way of empowering and liberating women, others see it as a form of corporeal entrapment. This book investigates the ... Altre info

    59,72 €

  • Obesity in Canada

    Critical Perspectives

    Rivisto da Deborah McPhail, Wendy Mitchinson, Jenny Ellison ...
    Medical professionals, social policy makers, and the media have all declared that Canada is in the grip of an obesity epidemic. Conceptualizing obesity as a biological condition, these experts insist that it needs to be “prevented” and “managed.”Obesity in Canada takes a broader, critical perspective of our supposed epidemic. Examining obesity in its cultural and historical context, the book’s ... Altre info

    37,85 €