In this captivating book Anthony Synnott explores a subject which has been woefully ignored: our bodies. He surveys the history for thinking about the body and the senses, then focuses on specific themes: gender, beauty, the face, hair, touch, smell and sight. He concludes with a review of classical and contemporary theories of the body and the senses. Thinking about the body will never be the same after reading this book.
Introduction I Body, II Gender, III Beauty and the Face, IV Hair, V The Senses, VI Touch, VII Smell, VIII Sight, IX Sociologies of the Body, Notes, Bibliography
