Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 516 pages)
ISBN:
9780190842499
Series Statement:
Oxford Handbooks
Content:
The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment introduces the sociological research methods and subjects that are key to the growing field of body and embodiment studies. With an emphasis on empirical evidence and diverse lived experiences, this handbook demonstrates how studying the bodily offers unique insights into a range of social norms, institutions, and practices.
Content:
Cover -- The Sociology of Body and Embodiment -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Chapter 1: Toward a Sociology of the Body -- Introduction -- Why Bodies? The Case for Body and Embodiment Studies in Sociology -- Why Sociology? The Case for a Disciplinary Approach to an Interdisciplinary Field -- Method -- Multiply Situated Bodies -- Organization of the Book -- Part I: Bodies and Methodology in Sociology -- Part 2: Marginalized Bodies -- Fatness and Body Size -- Aging and Death -- Bodily Sex beyond Binaries -- Modifiable Bodies -- Part 3: Embodied Sociology -- Bodies and States -- Bodies and Labor -- Bodies and Institutions -- Bodies and Medicine -- Bodies and Violence -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2: Methodologies for Categories in Motion -- Three Critiques -- Identities in the Context of Structures -- Intersecting Identities as Relational -- Filling in the Blanks and Opening the Categories -- Mixing Methods -- Writing about the Mess -- References -- Chapter 3: Pregnant Embodiment and Field Research -- Embodiment in Fieldwork: From Presentation of Self to Site of Knowledge -- The Belly Effect: Embodied Reflexivity and Pregnancy -- Pregnant Embodiment and Studying Fathers -- Pregnant Embodiment in Fathering Spaces: Negotiating Insider/Outsider Status -- "Doing" Gender and Pregnancy in Field Research -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Sensory Experience AS Method -- Sensory Encounter I-"Sensing Race" -- Sensory Encounter II- "Sensing Gender" -- Sensory Encounter III-"Sensing Heritage" -- Conclusion-Sensing Research -- References -- Chapter 5: Mixed Methods in Body and Embodiment Research -- A Brief History -- Conceptualizing Mixed Methods -- Mixed Methods in the Sociology of the Body and Embodiment.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190842475
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Oxford handbook of the sociology of body and embodiment New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021 ISBN 9780190842475
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Körper
;
Embodiment
;
Soziologie
;
Soziologische Theorie
;
Körper
;
Körper
;
Gesellschaft
;
Soziale Schichtung
;
Methodologie
