SOC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Foreskin, Artificial Insemination, Ethnography
12 Nov 2020
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Introduction to the sociology of the body and the social construction of bodies. When did scholars take an interest in the sociology of the body, i. e. , when did the. What is the somatic society? : the corporal turn took place in the 1980s, in 1995, body and society formed, in 2010, asa body and embodiment section, somatic society was a notion introduced by turner in 1996. In 2010, asa recognized body and embodiment as a formal section: turner says we no live in a somatic society : body has become principle field of cultural and political activity. Late 19th/early 20th century interest in the body linked to state interests: e. g. , malnutrition among poor, over-indulgences among rich, fears of degeneration, fitness of the military, etc, the body was given meaning by nation governments. Describe three (mid to late-20th century) factors that contributed to the growing interest in the social body. Shift towards national level to individual/micro level.
