Reframing the Body

List of Figures and Photographs Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; N.Watson & S.Cunningham-Burley PART I: THEORETICAL REFRAMINGS OF THE BODY Bodies, Intellectuals and World Society; R.W.Connell Strong Words, Strong Minds, Strong Bodies: An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Affirmatory Metaphors in Personal Development Programs; R.Iphofen The Body and Society: Some Reflections on the Concepts of Impairment and Disability; C.Thomas The Body in Death; E.Hallam, J.Hockey & G.Howarth PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND FASHION AT WORK ON THE BODY Incorporating Clinical Authority: A New Test for People with HIV; K.Race Vampires and the Gendered Body; M.Williamson Constructing the Balletic Body: The 'Look', The Sylph, and the Performance of Gendered Identity; K.L.Carter PART III: BODIES AT THE GYM The Bodybuilding Ethnophysiology Thesis; L.Monaghan Be What You Wanna Be: A Sense of Identity Down at the Local Gym; L.Fishwick Muscling In: Gender and Physicality in Weight Training Culture; J.Ryan PART IV: BODIES ON THE NET Crossing Cyber Boundaries: Where is the Body Located in the Online Community?; K.Ward Disembodied Cyber Co-Presence: The Art of BeingThere While Somewhere Else; G.Coates Life Around the Screen: Re-Framing Young People's Use of the Internet; N.Bingham, G.Valentine & S.Holloway Index