{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-the-natalie-boero-9780190842475","title":"The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment","description":"In popular debates over the influences of nature versus culture on human lives, bodies are often assigned to the category of \"nature\" biological, essential, and pre-social. \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment\u003c\/em\u003e challenges that view, arguing that bodies both shape and get shaped by human societies. As such, the body is an appropriate and necessary area of study for sociologists. The Handbook works to clarify the scope of this topic and display the innovations of research within the field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume is divided into three main parts: Bodies and Methodology; Marginalized Bodies; and Embodied Sociology. Sociologists contributing to the first two parts focus on the body and the ways it is given meaning, regulated, and subjected to legal and medical oversight in a variety of social contexts (particularly when the body in question violates norms for how a culture believes bodies \"ought\" to behave or appear). Sociologists contributing to the last part use the bodily as a lens through which to study social institutions and experiences. These social settings range from personal decisions about medical treatment to programs for teaching police recruits how to use physical force, from social movement tactics to countries' understandings of race and national identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Body\u003c\/em\u003e also prioritizes empirical evidence and methodological rigor, attending to the ways particular lives are lived in particular physical bodies located within particular cultural and institutional contexts. Many chapters offer extended methodological reflections, providing guidance on how to conduct sociological research on the body and, at times, acknowledging the role the authors' own bodies play in developing their knowledge of the research subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalie Boero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190842474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190842475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.10w x 1.60d","brand":"Natalie Boero","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44138722361599,"sku":"9780190842475","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60ac6be0-50fa-4f78-b2ed-b3414338b0aa.jpg?v=1687901143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-natalie-boero-9780190842475","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}