THE BODY AND SOCIETY/ EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL THEORY

This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of the body as a legitimate area of enquiry. Providing an unparalleled guide to all aspects of the subject, each chapter has been revised and updated while the book con tains new material that reflects both recent changes in the field and Turner's developing position on the centrality of vulnerabilit y.Assured and innovative, this book provides the most authoritative statement of work on the sociology of the body by one of the lea ding writ...[Read more]