1st Edition

Body Studies: The Basics

By Niall Richardson, Adam Locks Copyright 2014
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Consideration of the body as a subject for study has increased in recent years with new technologies, forms of modification, debates about obesity and issues of age being brought into focus by the media. Drawing on contemporary culture, Body Studies: The Basics introduces readers to the key concerns and debates surrounding the study of the sociological body, cutting across disciplines to cover... Read more

Introduction  1. The Body: Nature or Culture?  2. Resistance or Conformity?  3. Body Image: Beauty. Diet, Exercise & Age(ing)  4. Disability, Enfreakment and Monstrosity  5. Body Modification  6. Cyborgs and the Online Body  Bibliography

Biography

Niall Richardson is Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex where he convenes the MA Gender and Media. He has written and edited numerous articles and books on issues of the body, including Critical Readings in Bodybuilding (2011) and Transgressive Bodies: Representations in Film and Popular Culture (2010).

Adam Locks is programme co-ordinator for Film and Television Studies and Media and Cultural Studies at University of Chichester. He is co-editor of the book Critical Readings in Bodybuilding (2011).