{"product_id":"cultural-bodies-ethnography-and-theory-hardback-9780631225843","title":"Cultural Bodies; Ethnography and Theory (Hardback) 9780631225843","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCultural Bodies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEthnography and Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHelen Thomas (Edited by), H Thomas (Author), Jamilah Ahmed (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631225843, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 October 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e327 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.599 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An interdisciplinary text that offers cutting-edge theoretical and methodological means for analyzing, understanding, and imagining how the body materializes in cultural historical context and practice.\" \u003ci\u003eHeidi Nast, DePaul University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Bringing together some of the most challenging contemporary research, this theoretical, empirical, experimental work presents a unique interdisciplinary understanding of how the body speaks, moves and interacts. It is fascinating, making visible some of the unknown and unseen parts and wholes of the body by exploring the materiality of physicality.\" \u003ci\u003eBeverley Skeggs, University of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique collection that integrates two increasingly key areas of social and cultural research: the body and ethnography. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBreaks new ground in an area of study that continues to be a central theme of debate and research across the humanities and social sciences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on ethnography as a useful means of exploring our everyday social and cultural environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConstitutes an important step in developing two key areas of study, the body and ethnography, and the relationship between them\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together an international and multi-disciplinary team of scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Ethnography:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Inscriptions of Love: Les Back (Goldsmiths College).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. From Catwalk to Catalogue: Male Fashion Models, Masculinity and Identity: Joan Entwistle (University of Essex).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Reading Racialized Bodies: Learning to See Difference: Suki Ali (Goldsmiths College).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Narratives of Embodiment: Body, Aging and Career in Royal Ballet Dancers: Steven P. Wainwright and Bryan S. Turner (King’s College; University of Cambridge).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Ethnography and Theory:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Being a Body in a Cultural Way: Understanding the Cultural in the Embodiment of Dance: Sally Ann Allen Ness (University of California, Riverside).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Bare Life: Nigel Thrift (University of Bristol).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Lolo’s Breasts, Cyborgism and a Wooden Christ: Simon Shepherd (Central School).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Talking Back to Neuro-reductionism: Emily Martin (New York University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Theory:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Eating for a Living: A Rhizo-ethology of Bodies: Elspeth Probyn (University of Sydney).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Health and the Holy in the Afro Brazilian Candomblé: Thomas Csordas (Case Western Reserve University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Here Comes the Sun: Shedding Light on the Cultural Body: Simon Carter and Mike Michael (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Goldsmiths College).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Reaching the Body: Future Directions: Jamilah Ahmed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406032924952,"sku":"9780631225843","price":103.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631225843.jpg?v=1784137459","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cultural-bodies-ethnography-and-theory-hardback-9780631225843","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}