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020			_a9780198739036
028			_a:International Book Distributors _b:Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi _c:115473 _d:13/07/2020
082			_a306.4613 SHI
100			_aShilling, Chris
245			_aThe body _b: a very short introduction _c/ Chris Shilling
260			_aOxford, United Kingdom _b : Oxford University Press, _c©2016
300			_axv, 120 pages : illustrations _c ; 18 cm.
365			_b299
490			_aVery short introductions, 454.
505			_a Natural bodies or social bodies? -- Sexed bodies -- Educating bodies -- Governing bodies -- Bodies as commodities -- Bodies matter : dilemmas and controversies.
520			_aThe 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
650			_aSocial Science
650			_aCulture & institutions
650			_aHuman body -- Social aspects.
650			_a Human Body.
650			_aGender Identity.
700			_aShilling, Chris
942			_cBOOK