Embarrassment and a sociology of the body

This study provides a basic orientation for developing a "sociology of the body" from an analysis of embarrassment phenomena. The primary objective is to give emphasis to the contention that the role of the actor's awareness of his body during the course of social transactions has bee...

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Main Author: Ross, Ian David
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33458