Regulating Bodies: Essays in Medical Sociology
Author:   Professor Bryan S Turner ,  Bryan S. Turner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415514866


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   04 November 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Regulating Bodies: Essays in Medical Sociology


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Bryan Turner is generally acknowledged to have been the key figure in opening up the sociological debate about the body. In this coruscating and fascinating book he shows how his thinking on the subject has developed and why sociologists must take the body seriously.

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Author:   Professor Bryan S Turner ,  Bryan S. Turner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780415514866


ISBN 10:   041551486
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   04 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 Discovering bodies; Chapter 1 The body question; Chapter 2 The absent body in structuration theory; Chapter 3 Reflections on the epistemology of the hand; Part 2 Medical sociology; Chapter 4 The interdisciplinary curriculum; Chapter 5 The body and medical sociology; Part 3 Regimes of regulation; Chapter 6 The government of the body; Chapter 7 The anatomy lesson; Chapter 8 The talking disease; Conclusion;

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Bryan Turner is Professor of Sociology at Essex University.

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