{"product_id":"changing-bodies-chris-shilling-9781412908320","title":"Changing Bodies","description":"Where are we at with studies of Body \u0026amp; Society? What are the key accomplishments in the field? This book provides the clearest and most comprehensive account of work in this area to date. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a series of studies on sport, transgenderism, migration, illness, survival and belief, it illuminates the relationship between bodily change and action. Chris Shilling′s book provides an unrivalled survey of theory and empirical research and explores the hitherto neglected tradition of American ′body studies′. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWide in scope, systematic and incisive the book represents a landmark addition to the field of studies in body and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e′In this new book, Chris Shilling once again seeks to redefine the parameters of the sociology of the body. Drawing on the ideas of pragmatism and the social research of the Chicago school, Shilling analyses many of the contemporary crises and transitions that challenge embodied habit and character, concluding that in many cases embodied individuals find the creative capacity for transcendence of their current social and material contexts. This is essential reading for all those in search of a sophisticated theoretical and methodological basis for the study of embodied action that resists a simplistic ′inverted Cartesianism′ - \u003cb\u003eDr Ian Burkitt, University of Bradford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Shilling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1412908329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412908320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2009","brand":"Chris Shilling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088186781951,"sku":"9781412908320","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a9b71b7-246c-4c12-8754-820e6ef43a28.jpg?v=1769103534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/changing-bodies-chris-shilling-9781412908320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}