Embodiment: The Basics

1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-032-72522-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: The Basics

Embodiment: The Basics provides an introduction to a sociological perspective of the body. It illustrates how meanings about the body, as well as experiences of embodiment, are connected to and contingent upon social structures.

The book examines social and cultural meanings about the body across five categories: gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, class, and disability. Through this, it unveils how social institutions, cultural forces, and norms shape how people experience, understand, and regulate human bodies.

Written in accessible language with relatable, real-world empirical examples, Embodiment: The Basics provides readers with an invaluable introduction to embodiment studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kwan, Samantha

Haltom, Trenton M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Constructionist Approaches to the Body; 2. Gender and Embodiment; 3. Sexuality and Embodiment; 4. Race, Ethnicity, and Embodiment; 5. Class and Embodiment; 6. Disability and Embodiment; 7. Body Matters.

Über Autor(innen)

Samantha Kwan is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston.

Trenton M. Haltom is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, a Qualitative Methodologist at the Center of Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and a lecturer of Sociology at the University of Houston.