Towards an embodied understanding of the structure/agency relationship

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 543-562

  Shilling, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

'Interaction order'; Embodiment; Emotions; The structure agency relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007332245     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.1999.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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