Body and Everyday Life

Taking an innovative and alternative approach to the fascinating topic of the body, this book offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to the main themes and issues that have emerged in the study of the body over recent years. It includes sections on: ethnographies of the body bodies of performance technological bodies raving bodies/shifting socialites the ageing performing body. Thomas illustrates the complex relationships that exist between the body, society and everyday life, by linking current theory to the body through a series of case studies. These case studies range across a variety of cultural settings such as film, theatre, dance and sport, and offer a colourful basis to the discussion of the theory and methodology which underlies the body.Thomas, Helen is the author of 'Body and Everyday Life', published 2008 under ISBN 9780415331128 and ISBN 0415331129.