Exploring the Body

KATHRYN BURNETT Lecturer in Sociology, University of PaisleyPAI CHRISTENSEN Lecturer in Anthropology and Co-Director of the Centre for the Social Study of Childhood, University of HullBRIAN HEAPHY Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Nottingham Trent UniversityMARY HOLMES Lecturer in Sociology, University of AberdeenALLISON JAMES Reader in Applied Anthropology, University of HullCHRIS JENKS Professor of Sociology and Pro-Warden (Research) at Goldsmiths College, University of LondonMIKE MICHAEL Lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonKEVIN PATERSON Research Student, School of Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGERALD PILLSBURY Associate Professor of Educational Studies, Western Michigan UniversityHANNAH ROCKWELL Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Peace Studies, Loyola University, ChicagoANNE SCOTT Lecturer in Women's Studies and Social Policy, University of BradfordCLIVE SEALE Reader in Medical Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonGREG SMITH Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of SalfordPAUL SWEETMAN Lecturer in Sociology, University of SouthamptonSIMON WILLIAMS Reader in Sociology, University of WarwickJOOST VAN LOON Senior Lecturer in Social Theory, Department of English and Media Studies, Nottingham Trent University

• Introduction PART I: THEORIZING EMBODIED PRACTICE: METAPHOR AND METHODS The Storyteller's Paradox: Homeopathy in the Borderlands; A.Scott Bodies, Battlefields and Biographies: Scars and the Construction of the Body as Heritage; K.A.Burnett & M.Holmes Dissonant Choreographies: Performativity and Method in Social-cultural Research; J.van Loon & B.H.Rockwell ; Refusing to Fight: A Playful Approach to Chronic Disease; G.Pillsbury PART II: NEGLECTED BODIES AND EVERYDAY LIFE Disability Studies and Phenomenology: Finding a Space for both the Carnal and the Political; K.Paterson The Body and Death; C.Seale The (Im)possibilities of Living as People with AIDS: Incorporating Death into Everyday Life; B.Heaphy 'Dormant Issues? Towards a Sociology of Sleep'; S.J.Williams PART III: EXPLORING BODIES, SPACE AND LEISURE Techniques of Neutralization, Techniques of Body Management and the Public Harassment of Runners; G.Smith Stop Making Sense? The Problem of the Body in Youth/Sub/Counter-Culture; P.Sweetman 'All We Needed To Do was Blow the Whistle': Children's Embodiment of Time; P.Christensen, A.James & C.Jenks Dreams of Disembodiment: The Secret History of the Remote Control; M.Michael Index