Ageing, corporeality and embodiment [electronic resource] / Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Key issues in modern sociologyPublication details: New York : Anthem Press, 2013.Description: xiii, 212 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 155.67 23
LOC classification:
  • BF724.55.A35 G55 2013eb
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Contents:
Introduction -- Identity, embodiment and the somatic turn in the social sciences -- Corporeality, embodiment and the "new ageing" -- Gender, ageing and embodiment -- Age and the racialised body -- Disability, ageing and identity -- Sexuality, ageing and identity -- Sex and ageing -- Cosmetics, clothing and fashionable ageing -- Fitness, exercise and the ageing body -- Ageing and aspirational medicine -- Conclusions ageing, forever embodied -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Identity, embodiment and the somatic turn in the social sciences -- Corporeality, embodiment and the "new ageing" -- Gender, ageing and embodiment -- Age and the racialised body -- Disability, ageing and identity -- Sexuality, ageing and identity -- Sex and ageing -- Cosmetics, clothing and fashionable ageing -- Fitness, exercise and the ageing body -- Ageing and aspirational medicine -- Conclusions ageing, forever embodied -- References -- Index.

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