Socially Constructed Embodiment: Neurohormonal Connections as Resources for Theorizing about Health Inequalities

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-108

  Freund, Peter ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioagency; embodied subjectivity; health; neurohormonal connections; social inequalities; tuning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247656177     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700068     Document Type: Article

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