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K. Backett-Milburn & L. McKie
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Interest in sociological study of the body, theoretically and empirically, has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together exciting and stimulating research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to social arenas of moral and medical regulation.

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Format PDF ● Pages 280 ● ISBN 9780230294202 ● Editor K. Backett-Milburn & L. McKie ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Published 2001 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4968763 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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