Interpreting the Body: Between Meaning and Matter

doi:10.46692/9781529211580

Written by leading social scientists, this ambitious volume asks what individuals' 'handling' of bodies reveal about inequality, social order and cultural change in societies.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contents
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Series Editors’ Preface: Interpretive Lenses in Sociology—On the Multidimensional Foundations of Meaning in Social Life
pp ix-xiii
- By Thomas DeGloma, Julie B. WiestWest
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Notes on Contributors
pp xiv-xvii
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Preface and Acknowledgments
pp xviii-xx
- By Anne Marie Champagne, Asia Friedman
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Introduction: Between Meaning and Matter
pp 1-18
- By Anne Marie Champagne, Asia Friedman
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1 - Toward a Strong Cultural Sociology of the Body and Embodiment
pp 19-43
- By Anne Marie Champagne
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2 - Thinking the Molecular
pp 44-65
- By Ben Spatz
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3 - Interpreting Africa's Seselelãme: Bodily Ways of Knowing in a Globalized World
pp 66-87
- By Kathryn Linn Geurts, Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie
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4 - Gender on the Post-Colony: Phenomenology, Race, and the Body in Nervous Conditions
pp 88-108
- By Sweta Rajan-Rankin, Mrinalini Greedharry
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5 - Reinterpreting Male Bodies and Health in Crisis Times: From “Obesity” to Bigger Matters
pp 109-132
- By Lee F. Monaghan
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6 - Beauty, Breasts, and Meaning after Mastectomy
pp 133-154
- By Piper Sledge
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7 - “You Are Not the Body”: (Re)Interpreting the Body in and through Integral Yoga
pp 155-177
- By Erin F. Johnston
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8 - Black Girls’ Bodies and Belonging in the Classroom
pp 178-201
- By Brittney Miles
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9 - Embodied Vulnerability and Sensemaking with Solidarity Activists
pp 202-222
- By Chandra Russo
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10 - Our Bodies, Our Disciplines, Our Selves
pp 223-237
- By Annemarie Jutel
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Index
pp 238-261
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Series Editors’ Preface: Interpretive Lenses in Sociology—On the Multidimensional Foundations of Meaning in Social Life
pp ix-xiii

Notes on Contributors
pp xiv-xvii

Preface and Acknowledgments
pp xviii-xx

Introduction: Between Meaning and Matter
pp 1-18

1 - Toward a Strong Cultural Sociology of the Body and Embodiment
pp 19-43

2 - Thinking the Molecular
pp 44-65

3 - Interpreting Africa's Seselelãme: Bodily Ways of Knowing in a Globalized World
pp 66-87

4 - Gender on the Post-Colony: Phenomenology, Race, and the Body in Nervous Conditions
pp 88-108

5 - Reinterpreting Male Bodies and Health in Crisis Times: From “Obesity” to Bigger Matters
pp 109-132

6 - Beauty, Breasts, and Meaning after Mastectomy
pp 133-154

7 - “You Are Not the Body”: (Re)Interpreting the Body in and through Integral Yoga
pp 155-177

8 - Black Girls’ Bodies and Belonging in the Classroom
pp 178-201

9 - Embodied Vulnerability and Sensemaking with Solidarity Activists
pp 202-222

10 - Our Bodies, Our Disciplines, Our Selves
pp 223-237

Index
pp 238-261

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