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Embodying the social : constructions of difference / edited by Esther Saraga.

Title
Embodying the social : constructions of difference / edited by Esther Saraga.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge in association with The Open University, 1998.

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Additional Authors
Saraga, Esther.
Description
viii, 215 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Summary
An OU set text, this volume is concerned with the social construction of social difference. Taking the body as the point of departure, it deals with the processes through which social problems and social inequalities are constructed.
Series Statement
Social policy--welfare, power and diversity ; bk. 1
Uniform Title
Social policy--welfare, power and diversity ; bk. 1.
Subject
  • Social problems
  • Social policy
  • Nature and nurture
  • Public welfare
  • Sociology > Philosophy
  • Social Problems [MESH]
  • Public Policy [MESH]
  • Minority Groups [MESH]
  • Social Welfare [MESH]
  • Sociology [MESH]
  • Attitude [MESH]
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / John Clarke and Esther Saraga -- Ch. 1. The Social Construction of Social Problems / John Clarke and Allan Cochrane -- Ch. 2. A Suitable Case for Treatment? Constructions of Disability / Gordon Hughes -- Ch. 3. Welfare and the Social Construction of 'Race' / Gail Lewis -- Ch. 4. Abnormal, Unnatural and Immoral? The Social Construction of Sexualities / Esther Saraga -- Ch. 5. Review / Esther Saraga.
ISBN
  • 0415181313 (hardcover)
  • 0415181321 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^97046852^
OCLC
  • 38096873
  • SCSB-12743922
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library