Constructing gendered bodies / edited by Kathryn Backett-Milburn and Linda McKie.

Date:
2001
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Description

"Interest in the sociological study of the body has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together theory and research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to the social regulation of medicine."--BOOK JACKET.

Publication/Creation

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Physical description

xix, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Contributors

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: Dr Dave King.

Contents

Putting the body's feet on the ground : towards a sociological reconceptualization of gendered and sexual embodiment / Stevi Jackson and Sue Scott -- Flight attendents [sic] and the management of gendered 'organizational bodies' / Melissa Tyler and Philip Hancock -- Sex, talk and making bodies in the science lab / Tom Delph-Janiurek -- Paradoxical stories of prostitution / Joanna Phoenix -- The working body as sign : historical snapshots / Carol Wolkowitz -- Walking on the beaches looking at the ... bodies / Paula Black -- The fabric of love : a semiotic analysis of the suspender belt / Dana Wilson-Kovacs -- From 'Peter Andre's six pack' to 'I do knees' -- the body in young people's moral discourse / Rachel Thomson ... [et al.] -- The intersexual body and the medical regulation of gender / Myra J. Hird and Jenz Germon -- Telling body transgendering stories / Richard Ekins and Dave King -- Double damnation : gay disabled men and the negotiation of masculinity / Terry O'Neill and Myra J. Hird -- A break from the norm : exploring the experiences of queer crips / Ruth Butler.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    HQ1075 2001B12c
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0333774612
  • 9780333774618
  • 0333774620
  • 9780333774625