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Regulating bodies : essays in medical sociology / Bryan S. Turner.

By: Turner, Bryan S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1992Description: viii, 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415069637 (hbk); 0415082641 (pbk).Subject(s): Body, Human -- Social aspects | Social medicineDDC classification: 306.461
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Discovering bodies -- The body question: recent developments in social theory -- The absent body in structuration theory -- Reflections on the epistemology of the hand -- Part II: Medical sociology -- The interdisciplinary curriculum: from social medicine to postmodernism -- The body and medical sociology -- Part III: Regimes of regulation -- The government of the body, medical regimens and the rationalization of diet -- The anatomy lesson: a note on the Merton thesis -- The talking disease: Hilda Bruch and anorexia nervosa -- Conclusion: Theory and epistemology of the body: an interview with Richard Fardon.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- Part I: Discovering bodies -- The body question: recent developments in social theory -- The absent body in structuration theory -- Reflections on the epistemology of the hand -- Part II: Medical sociology -- The interdisciplinary curriculum: from social medicine to postmodernism -- The body and medical sociology -- Part III: Regimes of regulation -- The government of the body, medical regimens and the rationalization of diet -- The anatomy lesson: a note on the Merton thesis -- The talking disease: Hilda Bruch and anorexia nervosa -- Conclusion: Theory and epistemology of the body: an interview with Richard Fardon.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements (p. vii)
  • Author's Preface (p. 1)
  • References (p. 13)
  • Introduction (p. 15)
  • References (p. 27)
  • Part I Discovering Bodies (p. 29)
  • Chapter 1 The Body Question (p. 31)
  • Note (p. 62)
  • Chapter 2 The Absent Body in Structuration Theory (p. 67)
  • Chapter 3 Reflections on the Epistemology of the Hand (p. 99)
  • Part II Medical Sociology (p. 123)
  • Chapter 4 The Interdisciplinary Curriculum from Social Medicine to Postmodernism (p. 125)
  • References (p. 147)
  • Chapter 5 The Body and Medical Sociology (p. 151)
  • Part III Regimes of Regulation (p. 175)
  • Chapter 6 The Government of the Body Medical Regimens and the Rationalization of Diet (p. 177)
  • Chapter 7 The Anatomy Lesson a Note on the Merton Thesis (p. 196)
  • Chapter 8 The Talking Disease Hilda Bruch and Anorexia Nervosa (p. 214)
  • References (p. 226)
  • Conclusion (p. 229)
  • Appendix (p. 263)
  • Name Index (p. 266)
  • Subject Index (p. 272)

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