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Five bodies : re-figuring relationships

Five Bodies offers an introduction to some of the most urgent contemporary concerns within the sociology of the body. This new edition has been substantially revised and updated to address today′s issues of the body in modern life, community and politics.
eBook, English, 2004
SAGE, London, 2004
xiii, 97 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780761943099, 9780761943082, 0761943099, 0761943080
1058034682
Machine derived contents note: Introduction
The Prosthetic God: Our Two Bodies
The World's Body
Social Bodies
The Body Politic
Consumer Bodies
Medical Bodies
The Future Shape of Human Beings
Previous edition entitled Five bodies : the human shape of modern society published by Cornell University Press, 1985
Electronic reproduction, Palo Alto, Calif., ebrary, 2008, Available via World Wide Web, Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries