Regulating Bodies Essays in Medical Sociology
Innbundet /
1992
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9780415069632
Published
1992-10-01
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
300 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
288
Biographical note
Bryan Turner is Professor of Sociology at Essex University.
Bryan Turner is generally acknowledged to have been the key figure in opening up the sociological debate about the body. In this coruscating and fascinating book he shows how his thinking on the subject has developed and why sociologists must take the body seriously.
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Bryan Turner is the key figure in the sociological debate about the body. In this stimulating book he shows how his thinking on the subject has developed and why sociologists must take the body seriously.
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Introduction; Part 1 Discovering bodies; Chapter 1 The body question; Chapter 2 The absent body in structuration theory; Chapter 3 Reflections on the epistemology of the hand; Part 2 Medical sociology; Chapter 4 The interdisciplinary curriculum; Chapter 5 The body and medical sociology; Part 3 Regimes of regulation; Chapter 6 The government of the body; Chapter 7 The anatomy lesson; Chapter 8 The talking disease; Conclusion;
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Product details
ISBN
9780415069632
Published
1992-10-01
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
300 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
288