Making Bodies

Sexed and Gendered Bodies as Social Institutions

AvIrene Rafanell

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This book presents a novel theoretical account of the claim that sexed and gendered bodies are socially constructed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-02-10
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:516 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Relational Sociology
Antal sidor:385
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031454790

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Irene Rafanell is a lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland, UK where she teaches on gender theory, sociology of the body and social theory. Her work explores the connections between social theory, social constructionism, sociology of knowledge and the body. She has also published on the role of micro-affective dynamics on the constitution of social phenomena.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction. - Chapter 2: Sociology and the Body.- Chapter 3: Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice.- Chapter 4: The Performative Theory of Social Institutions.- Chapter 5: Reassessing Bourdieu’s Contribution to the Debate on the Social Construction of the Body.- Chapter 6: Discursive Feminism Evaluating Bourdieu. - Chapter 7: Sex Habitus as an Artificial Kind.- Chapter 8: Identifying Power.- Chapter 9: Conclusions.