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Cultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory
Thomas
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Description for Cultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory
Hardback. * 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. Editor(s): Thomas, Helen; Ahmed, Jamilah. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Cultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory is a unique collection that integrates two increasingly key areas of social and cultural research: the body and ethnography.
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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631225843
SKU
V9780631225843
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Ref
99-50
About Thomas
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.
Reviews for Cultural Bodies: Ethnography and Theory
"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 ... Read more