Discourse, the Body, and Identity
Discourse, the Body, and Identity

Author: J. Coupland

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2002-12-17

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1403918546

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The 'body' and 'discourse' seem diametrically opposed, but we interact with our bodies and represent ourselves and our relationships in bodily terms. This volume integrates new studies by leading researchers in sociolinguistics, sociology, social psychology and cultural theory. It explores the many interfaces of body and discourse, organized under three main themes: the body as an interactional resource; ideological representations of the body; and discursive constructions of the body in normal and pathological contexts.

Body/Embodiment
Body/Embodiment

Author: Phillip Vannini

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1317173430

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The body and experiences of embodiment have generated a rich and diverse sociological literature. This volume articulates and illustrates one major approach to the sociology of the body: symbolic interactionism, an increasingly prevalent theoretical base of contemporary sociology derived from the pragmatism of writers such as John Dewey, William James, Charles Peirce, Charles Cooley and George Herbert Mead. The authors argue that, from an interactionist perspective, the body is much more than a tangible, corporeal object - it is a vessel of great significance to the individual and society. From this perspective, body, self and social interaction are intimately interrelated and constantly reconfigured. The collection constitutes a unique anthology of empirical research on the body, from health and illness to sexuality, from beauty and imagery to bodily performance in sport and art, and from mediated communication to plastic surgery. The contributions are informed by innovative interactionist theory, offering fresh insights into one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines of sociology and cultural studies.

Mind-body Identity Theories
Mind-body Identity Theories

Author: Cynthia Macdonald

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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Believing that mind-body theories will offer a unified account of mind in its relation to body, Cynthia Macdonald traces the complex history of this theory and focuses on the different arguments of J.J.C. Smart and David Lewis among others.

Human Identity and Identification
Human Identity and Identification

Author: Rebecca Gowland

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0521885914

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This book offers an overview of human identity and identification, examining the whole body by integrating biological and social sciences and theories.

The Ends of the Body
The Ends of the Body

Author: Suzanne Conklin Akbari

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2013-01-29

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1442661399

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Drawing on Arabic, English, French, Irish, Latin and Spanish sources, the essays share a focus on the body’s productive capacity – whether expressed through the flesh’s materiality, or through its role in performing meaning. The collection is divided into four clusters. ‘Foundations’ traces the use of physical remnants of the body in the form of relics or memorial monuments that replicate the form of the body as foundational in communal structures; ‘Performing the Body’ focuses on the ways in which the individual body functions as the medium through which the social body is maintained; ‘Bodily Rhetoric’ explores the poetic linkage of body and meaning; and ‘Material Bodies’ engages with the processes of corporeal being, ranging from the energetic flow of humoural liquids to the decay of the flesh. Together, the essays provide new perspectives on the centrality of the medieval body and underscore the vitality of this rich field of study.

Body Image and Body Schema
Body Image and Body Schema

Author: Helena de Preester

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9789027251985

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Therefore, this volume offers an interdisciplinary approach from the fields of neuroscience, phenomenology and psychoanalysis

Mistaken Identity
Mistaken Identity

Author: Asad Haider

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2018-05-15

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1786637383

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A powerful challenge to the way we understand the politics of race and the history of anti-racist struggle Whether class or race is the more important factor in modern politics is a question right at the heart of recent history’s most contentious debates. Among groups who should readily find common ground, there is little agreement. To escape this deadlock, Asad Haider turns to the rich legacies of the black freedom struggle. Drawing on the words and deeds of black revolutionary theorists, he argues that identity politics is not synonymous with anti-racism, but instead amounts to the neutralization of its movements. It marks a retreat from the crucial passage of identity to solidarity, and from individual recognition to the collective struggle against an oppressive social structure. Weaving together autobiographical reflection, historical analysis, theoretical exegesis, and protest reportage, Mistaken Identity is a passionate call for a new practice of politics beyond colorblind chauvinism and “the ideology of race.”

Beyond the Body
Beyond the Body

Author: Elizabeth Hallam

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-16

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1134739524

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The authors challenge theories that put the body at the centre of identity, going 'beyond the body' to highlight the persistence of self-identity even when the body itself has been disposed of or is missing.

Identity Matters
Identity Matters

Author: Donna LeCourt

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0791485277

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Identity Matters explores the question that consistently plagues composition teachers: why do their pedagogies so often fail? Donna LeCourt suggests that the answer may lie with the very identities, values, and modes of expression higher education cultivates. In a book that does precisely what it theorizes, LeCourt analyzes student-written literacy autobiographies to examine how students interact with and challenge cultural theories of identity. This analysis demonstrates that writing instruction does, indeed, matter and has a significant influence on how students imagine their potential in both academic and cultural realms. LeCourt paints not only a compelling and vexing picture of how students interact with academic discourse as both mind and body, but also offers hope for a reconceived pedagogy of social-material writing practice.