02388nam a22002777a 4500 56811 56811 20211004131817.0 200826b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780198739036 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi :115473 :13/07/2020 306.4613 SHI Shilling, Chris The body : a very short introduction / Chris Shilling Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, ©2016 xv, 120 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. 299 Very short introductions, 454. Natural bodies or social bodies? -- Sexed bodies -- Educating bodies -- Governing bodies -- Bodies as commodities -- Bodies matter : dilemmas and controversies. The human body is thought of conventionally as a biological entity, with its longevity, morbidity, size and even appearance determined by genetic factors immune to the influence of society or culture. Since the mid-1980s, however, there has been a rising awareness of how our bodies, and our perception of them, are influenced by the social, cultural and material contexts in which humans live. Drawing on studies of sex and gender, education, governance, the economy, and religion, Chris Shilling demonstrates how our physical being allows us to affect the material and virtual world around us, yet also enables governments to shape and direct our thoughts and actions. Revealing how social relationships, cultural images, and technological and medical advances shape our perceptions and awareness, he exposes the limitations of traditional Western traditions of thought that elevate the mind over the body as that which defines us as human. Dealing with issues ranging from cosmetic and transplant surgery, the performance of gendered identities, the commodification of bodies and body parts, and the violent consequences of competing conceptions of the body as sacred, Shilling provides a compelling account of why body matters present contemporary societies with a series of urgent and inescapable challenges Social Science Culture & institutions Human body -- Social aspects. Human Body. Gender Identity. Shilling, Chris BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2020-08-26 International Book Distributors 299.00 0 306.4613 SHI 27831 2020-08-26 00:00:00 2020-08-26 BOOK