Exploring the Body

by Sarah Cunningham-Burley (Editor)

Introduction PART THEORIZING EMBODIED METAPHOR AND METHODS The Storyteller's Homeopathy in the Borderlands; A.Scott Bodies, Battlefields and Scars and the Construction of the Body as Heritage; K.A.Burnett & M.Holmes Dissonant Performativity and Method in Social-cultural Research; J.van Loon & B.H.Rockwell ; Refusing to A Playful Approach to Chronic Disease; G.Pillsbury PART NEGLECTED BODIES AND EVERYDAY LIFE Disability Studies and Finding a Space for both the Carnal and the Political; K.Paterson The Body and Death; C.Seale The (Im)possibilities of Living as People with Incorporating Death into Everyday Life; B.Heaphy 'Dormant Issues? Towards a Sociology of Sleep'; S.J.Williams PART EXPLORING BODIES, SPACE AND LEISURE Techniques of Neutralization, Techniques of Body Management and the Public Harassment of Runners; G.Smith Stop Making Sense? The Problem of the Body in Youth/Sub/Counter-Culture; P.Sweetman 'All We Needed To Do was Blow the Whistle': Children's Embodiment of Time; P.Christensen, A.James & C.Jenks Dreams of The Secret History of the Remote Control; M.Michael Index

274 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001