Understanding health through social practices: Performance and materiality in everyday life

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-66

  Maller, Cecily Jane ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Giddens; Material; Post humanist; Social theory

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84921272560     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12178     Document Type: Article

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