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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Dezember 2023
Genre:	Soziologie
	Cultural Studies / Gender & Sexuality / Gender Studies / Geschlecht / Geschlecht u. Sexualität / Geschlechterforschung / Kulturwissenschaften / Sociology / Sociology of Health & Illness / Soziologie / Soziologie d. Gesundheit u. Krankheit
ISBN:	9781509550074
EAN-Code:	9781509550074
Verlag:	Wiley
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 229 mm / B 152 mm / D 32 mm
Gewicht:	478 gr
Seiten:	248
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Inhalt:

Even though we often think of bodies as natural and given, or else as freely plastic objects, bodies are both constructed and fundamental to our sense of self. This book investigates the body as a fundamental vector of inequality, shaped by institutions, interaction and culture, and how in turn it contributes to partly modify them. Sassatelli and Ghigi show how the process of embodiment is at the same time naturalized and contested, particularly evident in the case of gender. Drawing on classical sociological ideas about modernity and contemporary studies that emphasize intersectionality, the book looks at how the gendered body has been conceptualized with special attention to body politics, the power of appearance and the representation of embodied identity. It also considers the interplay between body, sex and sexuality and the way gendered bodies intersect with other dimensions of social inequality such as race, age, class and disability. This exploration of the rich field of sociological inquiry into the gendered body will be an invaluable read for all seeking to understand gender, sexuality and embodiment in contemporary society.