The body in qualitative research
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The body in qualitative research
（Cardiff papers in qualitative research）
Ashgate, c1998
- : hbk
Available at 8 libraries
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Includes bibliographies
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Description
This text is a response to the growing need for sociological research on the body. Sociology has abandoned the old dualism in which the body was left to the natural sciences while sociology concentrated on cultural and social matters. Sociologists aim to overcome the split between nature/culture, biology/society and body/mind, although the body has a material basis it is also socially constructed: social meanings are attached to it, and it is shaped and regulated by social forces. These insights are being developed within the "sociology of the body" and they are also being applied to a wide range of sociological areas such as sexuality, health and illness, and identity politics. This work provides specific examples of the ways in which qualitative research methods can be deployed to reinvestigate the relation between the body and society. It also provides empirical evidence on body matters and contains analysis not only of representations and images of the body, but of how these representations affect social interaction and social relationships.
Table of Contents
- Images of the female body - women's identities and the media, Alison Shaw
- the model of a man - masculinity and body image in men's lifestyle magazines, Angus Bancroft
- bodybuilding and sexual attractiveness, Lee Monaghan, Michael Bloor, Russell P. Dobash and Rebecca E. Dobash
- ei gwrol ryfelwyr* - refelections on body, gender, class and nation in Welsh rugby (* a line from the Welsh national anthem, translated as "its brave, (or manly) warriors")
- "you need the leotard" - revisiting the first PE lesson, Sara Delamont
- workplace bullying, Duncan Lewis
- power, control and the gendered body, Emman Wincup
- "sleeping on the sofa" - preparation for ordained ministry and the "curriculum of the body", Trevor Welland
- wrinklies just wanna have fun!, John Richardson
- bodies on display - experiences from the fetish club field, Victoria Butler
- inter-corporeality and reflexivity - researching naturism, Odette Parry
- "Meat" in the machine - the centrality of the body in Internet interactions, Kate Robson.
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