Embodying Health Identities

Author:   A. James ,  Jenny Hockey
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2006 ed.
ISBN:  

9781403914729


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   22 November 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Embodying Health Identities


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Author:   A. James ,  Jenny Hockey
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9781403914729


ISBN 10:   1403914729
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   22 November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Problematising Health, Illness and Identity Theorising Health and Illness Towards Embodiment The Problem of Illness Re-presenting the Body's Health and Identity The Ritual Drama of Illness A Medicalised Life Course? Negotiating the Body's Limits Conclusion.

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ALLISON JAMES is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is also Director of the Centre for the Social Study of Childhood and has helped pioneer the theoretical and methodological approaches to research with children which are central to the new childhood studies. She is an experienced and well-respected author who has published extensively in the field of Childhood Studies, as well as in medical anthropology and the life course. JENNY HOCKEY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her current teaching includes the following areas: death and dying; sociology of health, illness and identity; the life course; qualitative research methods.

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