The Sociological Review Monographs 55/1

A study of 'the body' - one of the fastest growing, most influential, and most contested subjects in the social sciences and humanities. * Includes cutting edge contributions from Europe, America and Asia * Brings together a series of theoretical, methodological and empirical analyses by leading international exponents of body studies * Explores the structural, interactional and phenomenological features of human embodiment * Connects the concerns of classical sociologists to new advances in social theory, anthropology, feminism and social research * Introduces the study of 'body pedagogics' * Takes the sociological study of the body in an exciting new direction and opens up new horizons for the sociological imagination