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Embodied Action, Embodied Theory: Understanding the Body in Society

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  • Jacqueline Low

    (Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Canada)

  • Claudia Malacrida

    (Department of Sociology, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 4L2, Canada)

Abstract

In 2010 Jacqueline Low was invited to become an editorial board member of the then new online open-access journal Societies . In that same year, Claudia Malacrida was approached to organize a session on the sociology of the body at the 2012 International Sociological Association (ISA) meetings in Buenos Aries. When the call came in 2011 from Societies for editorial board members to propose topics for special issues of the journal, it was a natural and fortuitous timing of events and we undertook to co-edit this special issue based, in part, on papers from the conference. Because of our shared history of writing about social aspects of the body, we were convinced that both the conference and the journal papers would produce interesting and important advancements in a sub-discipline that is making exciting contributions beyond its borders to social theory and empirical sociological work.

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  • Jacqueline Low & Claudia Malacrida, 2013. "Embodied Action, Embodied Theory: Understanding the Body in Society," Societies, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-5, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:3:y:2013:i:3:p:293-297:d:27436
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    1. Claudia Malacrida, 2012. "Bodily Practices as Vehicles for Dehumanization in an Institution for Mental Defectives," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-16, November.
    2. Thomas P. Horejes & Christopher J. Heuer, 2013. "Negotiating Deaf Bodies and Corporeal Experiences: The Cybernetic Deaf Subject," Societies, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-16, April.
    3. Sean Brayton, 2012. "Working Stiff(s) on Reality Television during the Great Recession," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-17, October.
    4. Elizabeth DePoy & Stephen Gilson, 2012. "Disability as Microcosm: the Boundaries of the Human Body," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-15, November.
    5. Jacqueline Low & Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard, 2013. "From Zoomers to Geezerade: Representations of the Aging Body in Ageist and Consumerist Society," Societies, MDPI, vol. 3(1), pages 1-14, January.
    6. Christine A. Mallozzi, 2012. "Cultural Models of Bodily Images of Women Teachers," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-18, October.
    7. Chris Shilling, 2013. "Afterword: Embodiment, Social Order, and the Classification of Humans as Waste," Societies, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-5, June.
    8. Karen Soldatic & Helen Meekosha, 2012. "The Place of Disgust: Disability, Class and Gender in Spaces of Workfare," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(3), pages 1-18, September.
    9. Jenny Slater, 2012. "Youth for Sale: Using Critical Disability Perspectives to Examine the Embodiment of ‘Youth’," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(3), pages 1-15, September.
    10. Barbara L. Marshall & Stephen Katz, 2012. "The Embodied Life Course: Post-ageism or the Renaturalization of Gender?," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-13, October.
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