Cultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory

Cultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory

by HelenThomas (Editor)

Synopsis

Cultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory is a unique collection that integrates two increasingly key areas of social and cultural research: the body and ethnography. * Breaks new ground in an area of study that continues to be a central theme of debate and research across the humanities and social sciences* Draws on ethnography as a useful means of exploring our everyday social and cultural environments* Constitutes an important step in developing two key areas of study, the body and ethnography, and the relationship between them* Brings together an international and multi--disciplinary team of scholars

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 328
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 10 Dec 2003

ISBN 10: 0631225854
ISBN 13: 9780631225850

Media Reviews
An interdisciplinary text that offers cutting--edge theoretical and methodological means for analyzing, understanding, and imagining how the body materializes in cultural historical context and practice. Heidi Nast, DePaul University Bringing together some of the most challenging contemporary research, this theoretical, empirical, experimental work presents a unique interdisciplinary understanding of how the body speaks, moves and interacts. It is fascinating, making visible some of the unknown and unseen parts and wholes of the body by exploring the materiality of physicality. Beverley Skeggs, University of Manchester
Author Bio
Helen Thomas is Professor of Sociology of Dance and Culture at Goldsmiths College. Her publications include Dance, Modernity and Culture: Explorations in the Sociology of Dance (1995), Dance and the City (editor, 1997), and The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory (2003). Jamilah Ahmed gained her PhD from Goldsmiths College. She is currently an editor at Sage Publications.