The Sociology of the Body

The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 513-532

  Turner, Bryan S ^a,b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A research agenda reproduction and longevity; Conceptual distinctions what is the body; Embodiment and human movement; Immortal bodies; Origins of sociology of the body; Sociology of the body the biological and the social; The body, self, and society; Theoretical perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944736833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304992.ch26     Document Type: Chapter

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