In the interests of promoting the health and wellbeing of their foetuses, pregnant women are
subject to imperatives which expect them to engage in an intense ascetic regime of self …

In this ground-breaking contribution to social theory, John Urry argues that the traditional
basis of sociology-the study of society-is outmoded in an increasingly borderless world. If …

Description: Second Edition.| New York: Routledge, 2020.| Series: Routledge international
handbooks| Revised edition of Routledge handbook of disability studies, 2012.| Includes …

To feminists and some postmodernists reason/emotion and man/woman represent two
fundamental polarities, fixed deep within Western philosophy and reflected in the structures …

This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies. It offers a
comprehensive, book-length analysis of disability through the lens of Science and …

Page 1 Dalgſave macmillan Making Postmodern Mothers Pregnant Embodiment, Baby
Bumps and Body Image Meredith Nash Page 2 Making ‘Postmodern’ Mothers Page 3 …

The need for social workers to use a range of theory to inform their practice is well
established in contemporary critical social work literature. However, it is argued that the …

Feminist scholars have comprehensively examined why women suffer from body image
woes (see). On the surface, it seems strange to think that pregnant women fear 'fat'. After all …

Elimination and/or correction have been the primary social response to disabled people in
modernity. The primary form of experience (of disability), during the same period, has been …

In this paper the authors take up the attempt to identify the main theoretical tracks of gender
categories, which were initially present in the classical sociology, and then in the singled out …