The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. The book gives a clear summary of the theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society, and examines how fashion plays a crucial role in the formation of modern identity through its articulation of the body, gender and sex...(展开全部)

作者简介 克里斯·希林（Chris Shilling） 英国肯特大学社会学教授，代表作为《身体与社会理论》（首版1993，二版2003，三版2012），另著有《社会学何为》（2007），《文化、技术与社会中的身体》（2005），《改变中的身体》（2008）等。 译者简介 李康 先后毕业于复旦大学和北京大学，现任北京大学社会学系教授，教学卓越奖获得者。曾于哈佛大学和牛津大学分别访学一年。在西方社会学理论、文化社会学、历史社会学方面完成译著近30部，1400余万字。

Unrivalled in its clarity and coverage, this sparkling new edition of Chris Shilling's classic text is a masterful account of the emergence and development of body matters in sociology and related disciplines. A timely, well reasoned response to current concerns and controversies across the globe, it provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of the major theories, approaches and stu...(展开全部)

作者简介 克里斯·希林（Chris Shilling） 英国肯特大学社会学教授，代表作为《身体与社会理论》（首版1993，二版2003，三版2012），另著有《社会学何为》（2007），《文化、技术与社会中的身体》（2005），《改变中的身体》（2008）等。 译者简介 李康 先后毕业于复旦大学和北京大学，现任北京大学社会学系教授，教学卓越奖获得者。曾于哈佛大学和牛津大学分别访学一年。在西方社会学理论、文化社会学、历史社会学方面完成译著近30部，1400余万字。

作者简介 克里斯·希林（Chris Shilling） 英国肯特大学社会学教授，代表作为《身体与社会理论》（首版1993，二版2003，三版2012），另著有《社会学何为》（2007），《文化、技术与社会中的身体》（2005），《改变中的身体》（2008）等。 译者简介 李康 先后毕业于复旦大学和北京大学，现任北京大学社会学系教授，教学卓越奖获得者。曾于哈佛大学和牛津大学分别访学一年。在西方社会学理论、文化社会学、历史社会学方面完成译著近30部，1400余万字。

This challenging volume reasserts the centrality of the body within social theory as a means to understanding the complex interrelations between nature, culture and society. At a theoretical level, the volume explores the origins of a social theory of the body in sources ranging from the work of Nietzsche to contemporary feminist theory. The importance of a theoretical understa...(展开全部)

In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociology in the closing decades of the twentieth century. Composed of closely integrated papers, all written over the past few years, the book includes seven essays not previously published, plus two have not appeared in English before....(展开全部)

This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of the body as a legitimate area of enquiry. The book provides an unparalleled guide to all aspects of the sociology of the body. Each chapter has been revised and updated and the book contains new material that reflects changes in the field since the last edition. In particular, Tur...(展开全部)

Offering a fascinating survey of Norbert Elias's life and writings, Dennis Smith traces the growth of his reputation. He is the first author to confront Elias's work with the contrasting theories of Talcott Parsons, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Zygmunt Bauman. He also illustrates how Elias's insights can be applied to understand Western modernity and social and political ...(展开全部)