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Body/Embodiment

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Body/Embodiment book

Symbolic Interaction and the Sociology of the Body

Body/Embodiment

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Body/Embodiment book

Symbolic Interaction and the Sociology of the Body
ByPhillip Vannini
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2006
eBook Published 8 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315569635
Pages 312 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315569635
SubjectsHealth and Social Care, Humanities, Social Sciences
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Waskul, D. (Ed.), Vannini, P. (2006). Body/Embodiment. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315569635

The body and experiences of embodiment have generated a rich and diverse sociological literature. This volume articulates and illustrates one major approach to the sociology of the body: symbolic interactionism, an increasingly prevalent theoretical base of contemporary sociology derived from the pragmatism of writers such as John Dewey, William James, Charles Peirce, Charles Cooley and George Herbert Mead. The authors argue that, from an interactionist perspective, the body is much more than a tangible, corporeal object - it is a vessel of great significance to the individual and society. From this perspective, body, self and social interaction are intimately interrelated and constantly reconfigured. The collection constitutes a unique anthology of empirical research on the body, from health and illness to sexuality, from beauty and imagery to bodily performance in sport and art, and from mediated communication to plastic surgery. The contributions are informed by innovative interactionist theory, offering fresh insights into one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines of sociology and cultural studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction: The Body in Symbolic Interaction

ByDennis D. Waskul, Phillip Vannini

part |2 pages

PART 1 The Looking-Glass Body: Refl exivity as Embodiment

chapter 2|14 pages

The Networked Body and the Question of Refl exivity

ByNick Crossley

chapter 3|16 pages

Refl ections of the Body, Images of Self: Visibility and Invisibility in Chronic Illness and Disability

ByKathy Charmaz, Dana Rosenfeld

chapter 4|16 pages

Refl exive Transembodiment

ByDouglas Schrock, Emily M. Boyd

part |2 pages

PART 2 The Dramaturgical Body: Body as Performance

chapter 5|14 pages

Building Bodily Boundaries: Embodied Enactment and Experience

BySpencer E. Cahill

chapter 6|12 pages

Body Armour: Managing Disability and the Precariousness of the Territories of the Self

ByCarol Brooks Gardner, William P. Gronfein

chapter 7|14 pages

Opera and the Embodiment of Performance

ByPaul Atkinson

chapter 8|14 pages

Samba no Mar: Bodies, Movement and Idiom in Capoeira

ByNeil Stephens, Sara Delamont

part |2 pages

PART 3 The Phenomenological Body: Body as Province of Meaning

chapter 9|16 pages

Corporeal Indeterminacy: The Value of Embodied, Interpretive Sociology

ByLee F. Monaghan

chapter 10|12 pages

Intelligent Bodies: Embodied Subjectivity Human-Horse Communication

ByKeri Brandt

chapter 11|12 pages

Professional Female Football Players: Tackling Like a Girl?

ByJoseph Kotarba, Matt Held

chapter 12|16 pages

The Addict’s Body: Embodiment, Drug Use, and Representation

ByRichard Huggins

part |2 pages

PART 4 The Socio-Semiotic Body: Body as Trace of Culture

chapter 13|18 pages

Body Ekstasis: Socio-Semiotic Refl ections on Surpassing the Dualism of Body-Image

ByPhillip Vannini, Dennis D. Waskul

chapter 14|12 pages

Eating the Black Body: Interracial Desire, Food Metaphor and White Fear

ByWhite Fear Erica Owens, Bronwyn Beistle

chapter 15|16 pages

Claiming the Bodies of Exotic Dancers: The Problematic Discourse of Commodifi cation

ByCarol Rambo, Sara Renée Presley, Don Mynatt

part |2 pages

PART 5 The Narrative Body: Body as Story

chapter 16|16 pages

The Fit and Healthy Body: Consumer Narratives and the Management of Postmodern Corporeity

ByCharles Edgley

chapter 17|16 pages

Masks of Masculinity: (Sur)passing Narratives and Cosmetic Surgery

ByMichael Atkinson

chapter 18|14 pages

The Pregnant/Birthing Body: Negotiations of Personal Autonomy

ByRachel Westfall

part |2 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter 19|16 pages

Viewing the Body: An Overview, Exploration and Extension

ByClinton R. Sanders
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