Routledge Handbook of Body Studies
$154.79
- Paperback
440 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2017
Summary
In the last three decades, the human body has gained increasing prominence in contemporary political debates, and it has become a central topic of modern social sciences and humanities. Modern technologies – such as organ transplants, stem-cell research, nanotechnology, cosmetic surgery and cryonics – have changed how we think about the body.
In this collection of thirty original essays by leading figures in the field, these issues are explored across a number of theoretical and dis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781138080119 |
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| ISBN-10: | 113808011X |
| Author: | Bryan Turner |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 440 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 174mm |
| Series: | Routledge International Handbooks |
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About The Author
Bryan Turner
Bryan S. Turner is the Presidential Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, the City University of New York USA and the Professor of Social and Political Thought at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. His publications include The Body & Society (Sage, 2008) and he edited The Routledge Handbook of Globalization Studies (2010).
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