Preface to the Third Edition
Introduction
The Body in Sociology
The Naturalistic Body
The Socially Constructed Body
The Body and Social Inequalities: Embodying Sociology
The Body and Physical Capital
The Civilized Body
The Body, Self-Identity and Death: Figurations of Life and Death
Afterword: Embodiment, Identity and Theory
Absent-Present Bodies
The Body and Self-Identity
Body Theories and Corporeal Realism
The Body and Social Theory by Chris Shilling. ISBN 9781446268810. Published by SAGE in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.