The sociology of the body

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2305877
AutoresMiriam Adelman (0000-0003-4482-2578, Universidade Federal do Paraná, autor de correspondencia), Lennita Oliveira Ruggi (0000-0002-4616-0865, Universidade Federal do Paraná), Lennita Ruggi (Universidade Federal do Paraná)
Año2016
Volumen64
Número6
Páginas907-930
Fecha de publicación2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCurrent Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-3921 • E-ISSN: 1461-7064
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011392115596561
OpenAlexW2175023203
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas89

Although classical sociology was not always oblivious or indifferent to the embodied dimensions of social relations, contemporary sociology has developed new perspectives and frameworks for understanding the body as a social and cultural construct and fundamental element in material and symbolic processes of power and conviviality. What do contemporary sociological approaches contribute to our understanding of corporeality and embodiment? What kind of changes does this represent in relation to classical perspectives? How do different theoretical approaches connect to contemporary interests and empirical research? The present article attempts to answer these questions, looking at the development and diversification of sociological approaches to the body, from Elias and Bourdieu to contemporary feminist, Foucauldian post-structuralism and queer theories. The authors highlight current research that is intersectional, international and path-breaking. They also pay particular attention to connections between the social, cultural and the political, as expressed in and through bodies, and point to the unresolved nature of the relationship between narrative, discourse and the materiality of the body

Aesthetics · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Materiality · Materiality (auditing · Narrative · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sociology and Norbert Elias