Reseña del libro: Sociology of the Body. A Reader

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Solís López
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Sociology Of The Body

<p class="p1">E<span class="s2">st</span><span class="s3">e </span><span class="s2">magnífico libro</span>, publicado en 2008 y plenamente actual en su lectura para una comprensión sociológica del cuerpo, está organizado en dieciséis apartados, conformados por una introducción escrita por Claudia Malacrida y Jacqueline Low, más tres textos que ofrecen al mismo tiempo una perspectiva temática y teórica sobre el cuerpo desde la sociología... </p>

scholarly journals Body on the Plate. On the Relation between the Carnality and Food (on the example of meat in advertising)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-151
Author(s):  
Wojciech Goszczyński ◽  
Anna Wójtewicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Food Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sociology Of The Body

Do we own our bodies? Do we control them during the meal, or does the meal control us? In this paper, we aim to examine the complex nexus of social and physical practices embedded in eating habits. During the examination of selected culinary advertisements, we will attempt to explain how food stabilizes, catalyzes, separates, and mediates social relations, as well as social and individual bodies. The paper merges the perspective of cultural anthropology, sociology of the body, and food studies.

The Sociology of the Body

2012 ◽  
pp. II-88-II-97
Author(s):  
BRYAN S. TURNER
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Sociology Of The Body

scholarly journals Men, appearance, and cosmetic surgery: The role of confidence, self-esteem, and comfort with the body

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Ricciardelli ◽  
Kimberley Ann Clow
Keyword(s):  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sociology Of The Body ◽  
Lower Confidence

Recent research has suggested that perceptions of the body are important to men’s sense of confidence and that men see the body as a vehicle for personal improvement. To build on this research, an online survey investigated Canadian men’s perspectives on their appearance and their attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. Low self-esteem, lack of confidence, and comfort with one’s body uniquely predicted different aspects of men’s experiences, including attitudes about body shape, perceptions of others, pressures to lose weight, and perspectives regarding cosmetic surgery. For example, participants who were more comfortable with their bodies and higher in self-esteem were happier with their current body shape and features, whereas participants who were less comfortable with their bodies and lower in confidence put more pressure on themselves to lose weight. In addition, lower confidence significantly predicted willingness to undergo cosmetic surgery. Men’s perspectives on cosmetic surgery were thematically analyzed. These findings are situated within identity theory and sociology of the body.

The ‘Negotiated Night’: An Embodied Conceptual Framework for the Sociological Study of Sleep

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Body Schema ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Body ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Sociology Of The Body ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Subject

Sleep is essential for our health and wellbeing but it has, historically, been the subject of little sociological study. Yet sleep is not, as common sense would have us believe, ‘asocial inaction’. Like our waking lives, it is a time of interaction. The sociology of sleep presently exists in a state similar to the early stages of development of the sociology of the body, waiting for something like Frank's (1991) typology of body action, which served as a heuristic guide through which action and its multifaceted components could be understood. This paper argues that one productive analytical framework is to adapt Watson's (2000) ‘male body schema’ for the sociological investigation of sleep. This revolves around four interrelated forms of embodiment: normative (opinions and perceptions about healthy sleep behaviour); pragmatic (‘normal’ as related to social role); experiential (feelings related to sleep); and visceral (the biological body and sleep). The possibilities this model provides for the sociology of sleep is illustrated in the paper through the analysis of a case study of sleep negotiation between a couple.

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