Making Bodies: Sexed and Gendered Bodies as Social Institutions

Author:   Irene Rafanell
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
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Pages:   385
Publication Date:   10 February 2024
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Author:   Irene Rafanell
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
ISBN:  

9783031454769


ISBN 10:   3031454766
Pages:   385
Publication Date:   10 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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.

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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.

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