Description
In this captivating book Anthony Synnott explores a subject which has been woefully ignored: our bodies. He surveys the history for thinking about the body and the senses, then focuses on specific themes: gender, beauty, the face, hair, touch, smell and sight. He concludes with a review of classical and contemporary theories of the body and the senses. Thinking about the body will never be the same after reading this book.
Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780415103596
Author Anthony Synnott
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 430g
Reviews
`A valuable pionerring work that makes a significant contribution to the now rapidly growing sociological literature on the body' - Sociological Review
'Synnott shows just how much scholarly attention has been devoted to the body over the past twenty years ... [he] calmly plots a course throuh this material, pruning its excesses, highlighting its essentials and placing it all in the widest context possible.' - New Statesman and Society
Book Information
ISBN 9780415103596
Author Anthony Synnott
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 430g
