Body Problems: Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society

ISBN-13: 9781138143920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 82 str.

Ben Agger

Spis treści

1. There was no Body Problem until Modernity: Descartes, Henry Ford, Corn Syrup, Highways 2. Too Much of a Good Thing, and, The Invention of Exercise 3. Body Sciences 4. Body Industries 5. Beyond Body Work 6. Coda: Toward ‘Slowmodernity’

O autorze

Ben Agger is Professor of Sociology and Humanities and directs the Center for Theory at the University of Texas at Arlington. Having received his higher education in Canada (BA and MA, York University, and PhD, University of Toronto), he does interdisciplinary work in critical social theory, media/cultural studies, and body sociology. He edits the journal Fast Capitalism (www.fastcapitalism.com), and his most recent book is The Sixties at 40.