Body Matters

Author : James Aho
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739138219
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Matters written by James Aho and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the core principle of phenomenology as a return 'to the things themselves,' Body Matters attends to the phenomena of bodily afflictions and examines them from three different standpoints: from society in general that interprets them as 'sicknesses,' from the medical professions that interpret them as 'diseases,' and from the patients themselves who interpret them as 'illnesses.' By drawing on a crucial distinction in German phenomenology between two senses of the body_the quantifiable, material body (Ksrper) and the lived-body(Leib)_the authors explore the ways in which sickness, disease, and illness are socially and historically experienced and constructed. To make their case, they draw on examples from a multiplicity of disciplines and cultures as well as a number of cases from Euro-American history. The intent is to unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions that readers may have about body troubles. These are assumptions widely held as well by medical and allied health professionals, in addition to many sociologists and philosophers of health and illness. To this end, Body Matters does not simply deconstruct prejudices of mainstream biomedicine; it also constructively envisions more humane and artful forms of therapy.

Author : Gary Thomas
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0310412250
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Every Body Matters written by Gary Thomas and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few pastors or Christian writers have dared to approach the subject of how proper eating and an active lifestyle can affect how we serve God. Author Gary Thomas does just that. And he reaches all the way back to the apostle Paul, who wrote that we need to prime our bodies to become, "an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work." To illustrate the body/soul correlation, Thomas presents engaging and diverse stories that include a young mom who got fit through volleyball and reaped spiritual rewards in her marriage, a 300-pound pastor who realized his obesity was eroding his ministry impact, and a woman who gained the spiritual strength to survive a contentious divorce by training for a marathon. In every instance, Thomas makes a direct connection between the physical challenge and its spiritual consequence.This book is a must read for anyone seeking new and compelling motivation for strengthening their bodies and fortifying their souls.

Author : Sue Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135427291
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Matters written by Sue Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the sociological embodiment of various "social actors", the authors consider the subsequent links with the constraints of daily life i.e. the male body, female therapists, body builders, marital and sexual counsellors, sex workers. They present recent or new research findings on aspects of the body, variants from what is conventionally seen as "natural" and consider and question aspects of self-image versus society's expectations. A number of developments in discussions of the body on such topics as feminist thought, the study of health and illness and cultural theory are presented as a series of essays which demonstrate the variety of interests mentioned.; The book is aimed at undergraduates/postgraduates students and lecturers in sociology, cultural studies, women's and gender studies.

Author : Chrystie Cole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781620205167
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Matters written by Chrystie Cole and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Luci Attala
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786834162
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Matters written by Luci Attala and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body Matters approaches the material world directly; it seeks to remind people that they are the matter of their bodies. This volume offers an assortment of contributions from anthropology, archaeology and medieval studies, with case studies from northern Europe, the Near East, East Africa and Amazonia, which variously draw attention to the multiple shifting materials that comprise, impact upon and co-create human bodies. This lively collection foregrounds myriad material influences interacting with and shaping the human body; the chapters come together to illustrate the fundamental fleshy, bony, suppurating, leaky and oozing physicality of being human. Ultimately, by reminding readers of their indisputable materiality, Body Matters seeks to draw people and the rest of the material world together to illustrate that bodies not only seep into (and are part of) the landscape, but equally that people and the material world are inextricably co-constitutive.

Author : Sue Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135427305
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Matters written by Sue Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the sociological embodiment of various "social actors" and subsequent links with the constraints of daily life. It presents findings on aspects of the body, variants from what is conventionally seen as "natural" and considers self-image versus society's expectations.

Author : Darca Lee Nicholson, BFA, MA, CMT
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 187367130X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Matters written by Darca Lee Nicholson, BFA, MA, CMT and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Avril Horner
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719054693
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Matters written by Avril Horner and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do bodies matter? Body Matters is a collection of essays by feminists working in literary and cultural studies which addresses this question from a range of theoretical perspectives.

Author : Robert Phipps
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0857081748
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Language written by Robert Phipps and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body language matters. From getting a job to getting a pay rise, and from closing a deal to managing the people around you, it makes a big difference. Robert Phipps, one of the world's leading body language experts shows you how to make it work for you. Busting some of the biggest body language myths, Phipps shows how to read other people's body language and to use yours to succeed in business and life. Loaded with practical tips, this book covers everything you ever need to know about body language, in a variety of business situations: Greetings Meetings Partings Presentations Negotiations Motivation Deception Managing Interviewing Disciplining

Author : Judith Butler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134711417
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bodies That Matter written by Judith Butler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender. Butler argues that power operates to constrain "sex" from the start, delimiting what counts as a viable sex. She offers a clarification of the notion of "performativity" introduced in Gender Trouble and explores the meaning of a citational politics. The text includes readings of Plato, Irigaray, Lacan, and Freud on the formation of materiality and bodily boundaries; "Paris is Burning," Nella Larsen's "Passing," and short stories by Willa Cather; along with a reconsideration of "performativity" and politics in feminist, queer, and radical democratic theory.