Body Matters

Author : James Aho,Kevin Aho
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739138212

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Following the core principle of phenomenology as a return 'to the things themselves,' Body Matters attends to the phenomena of bodily afflictions and examines them from three different standpoints: from society in general that interprets them as 'sicknesses,' from the medical professions that interpret them as 'diseases,' and from the patients themselves who interpret them as 'illnesses.' By drawing on a crucial distinction in German phenomenology between two senses of the body_the quantifiable, material body (Ksrper) and the lived-body(Leib)_the authors explore the ways in which sickness, disease, and illness are socially and historically experienced and constructed. To make their case, they draw on examples from a multiplicity of disciplines and cultures as well as a number of cases from Euro-American history. The intent is to unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions that readers may have about body troubles. These are assumptions widely held as well by medical and allied health professionals, in addition to many sociologists and philosophers of health and illness. To this end, Body Matters does not simply deconstruct prejudices of mainstream biomedicine; it also constructively envisions more humane and artful forms of therapy.

Author : Gary Thomas
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780310412250

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Every Body Matters by Gary Thomas Pdf

Few pastors or Christian writers have dared to approach the subject of how proper eating and an active lifestyle can affect how we serve God. Author Gary Thomas does just that. And he reaches all the way back to the apostle Paul, who wrote that we need to prime our bodies to become, "an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work." To illustrate the body/soul correlation, Thomas presents engaging and diverse stories that include a young mom who got fit through volleyball and reaped spiritual rewards in her marriage, a 300-pound pastor who realized his obesity was eroding his ministry impact, and a woman who gained the spiritual strength to survive a contentious divorce by training for a marathon. In every instance, Thomas makes a direct connection between the physical challenge and its spiritual consequence.This book is a must read for anyone seeking new and compelling motivation for strengthening their bodies and fortifying their souls.

Author : Luci Attala,Louise Steel
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786834164

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Body Matters by Luci Attala,Louise Steel Pdf

Body Matters approaches the material world directly; it seeks to remind people that they are the matter of their bodies. This volume offers an assortment of contributions from anthropology, archaeology and medieval studies, with case studies from northern Europe, the Near East, East Africa and Amazonia, which variously draw attention to the multiple shifting materials that comprise, impact upon and co-create human bodies. This lively collection foregrounds myriad material influences interacting with and shaping the human body; the chapters come together to illustrate the fundamental fleshy, bony, suppurating, leaky and oozing physicality of being human. Ultimately, by reminding readers of their indisputable materiality, Body Matters seeks to draw people and the rest of the material world together to illustrate that bodies not only seep into (and are part of) the landscape, but equally that people and the material world are inextricably co-constitutive.

Author : Sue Scott,David Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135427290

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Focusing on the sociological embodiment of various "social actors", the authors consider the subsequent links with the constraints of daily life i.e. the male body, female therapists, body builders, marital and sexual counsellors, sex workers. They present recent or new research findings on aspects of the body, variants from what is conventionally seen as "natural" and consider and question aspects of self-image versus society's expectations. A number of developments in discussions of the body on such topics as feminist thought, the study of health and illness and cultural theory are presented as a series of essays which demonstrate the variety of interests mentioned.; The book is aimed at undergraduates/postgraduates students and lecturers in sociology, cultural studies, women's and gender studies.

Author : Avril Horner,Angela Keane
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 0719054699

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Body Matters by Avril Horner,Angela Keane Pdf

Why do bodies matter? Body Matters is a collection of essays by feminists working in literary and cultural studies which addresses this question from a range of theoretical perspectives.

Author : Sue Scott,David Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135427306

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Focuses on the sociological embodiment of various "social actors" and subsequent links with the constraints of daily life. It presents findings on aspects of the body, variants from what is conventionally seen as "natural" and considers self-image versus society's expectations.

Author : Darca Lee Nicholson, BFA, MA, CMT
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781873671306

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Body Matters by Darca Lee Nicholson, BFA, MA, CMT Pdf

Author : Chrystie Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1620205165

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Body Matters by Chrystie Cole Pdf

Author : Calvin Thomas
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Anxiety
ISBN : 025206500X

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Male Matters by Calvin Thomas Pdf

According to Calvin Thomas, maybe he shouldn't. Maybe he should embrace his abjection - his cast-off, humiliated, and discounted status - as a way of renegotiating his identity and of interrupting the historical displacement of that status onto the feminine, or the marginalized other. This embrace of abjection, says Thomas, begins as a confrontation with the issue of the male body. The straight man, unfamiliar and unfriendly and uncomfortable with his body - the excretory, urinary, and seminal aspects of his body in particular - will find that Thomas's Male Matters explores the complicated relationships between masculinity and the male body, revealing the act and production of writing as a bodily, material process that transgresses the boundaries of gender.

Author : Sam Allberry
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433570186

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What God Has to Say about Our Bodies by Sam Allberry Pdf

"God's eternal plan for us involves our body. We can't write off our physical life as spiritually irrelevant." — Sam Allberry There's a danger in focusing too much on the body. There's also a danger in not valuing it enough. In fact, the Bible has lots to say about the body. With the coming of Jesus, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us"—flesh that was pierced and crushed for the sins of the world. In What God Has to Say about Our Bodies, Sam Allberry explains that all of us are fearfully and wonderfully made, and should regard our physicality as a gift. He offers biblical guidance for living, including understanding gender, sexuality, and identity; dealing with aging, illness, and death; and considering the physical future hope that we have in Christ. In this powerfully written book, you'll gain a new understanding for the immeasurable value of our bodies and God's ultimate plan to redeem them.

Author : Judith Butler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134711413

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Bodies That Matter by Judith Butler Pdf

In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender. Butler argues that power operates to constrain "sex" from the start, delimiting what counts as a viable sex. She offers a clarification of the notion of "performativity" introduced in Gender Trouble and explores the meaning of a citational politics. The text includes readings of Plato, Irigaray, Lacan, and Freud on the formation of materiality and bodily boundaries; "Paris is Burning," Nella Larsen's "Passing," and short stories by Willa Cather; along with a reconsideration of "performativity" and politics in feminist, queer, and radical democratic theory.

Author : Robert Phipps
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857081742

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Body Language by Robert Phipps Pdf

Body language matters. From getting a job to getting a pay rise, and from closing a deal to managing the people around you, it makes a big difference. Robert Phipps, one of the world's leading body language experts shows you how to make it work for you. Busting some of the biggest body language myths, Phipps shows how to read other people's body language and to use yours to succeed in business and life. Loaded with practical tips, this book covers everything you ever need to know about body language, in a variety of business situations: Greetings Meetings Partings Presentations Negotiations Motivation Deception Managing Interviewing Disciplining

Author : Rohinton Mistry
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551994369

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Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry Pdf

Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson’s and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships. Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana’s husband, besieged by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception involving his eccentric employer at a sporting goods store, setting in motion a series of events that leads to the narrative’s moving outcome. Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.

Author : Monica Ashour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922968021

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The Body Is a Gift by Monica Ashour Pdf

Author : Ron Currie
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101050927

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Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Pdf

"Startlingly talented . . . he survives the inevitable, apt comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut and writes in a tenderly mordant voice all his own." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times In this novel rich in character, Junior Thibodeau grows up in rural Maine in a time of Atari, baseball cards, pop Catholicism, and cocaine. He also knows something no one else knows-neither his exalted parents, nor his baseball-savant brother, nor the love of his life (she doesn't believe him anyway): The world will end when he is thirty-six. While Junior searches for meaning in a doomed world, his loved ones tell an all-American family saga of fathers and sons, blinding romance, lost love, and reconciliation-culminating in one final triumph that reconfigures the universe. A tour de force of storytelling, Everything Matters! is a genre-bending potpourri of alternative history, sci-fi, and the great American tale in the tradition of John Irving and Margaret Atwood.