Corporeidade - Estudos Transdisciplinares

Re-Visioning Body & Society

Lisa Blackman and Mike Featherstone

“Body & Society has since its inception in 1995 played a prominent role in developing

the field of body-studies across the humanities and social sciences. It was

edited by Mike Featherstone and Bryan Turner who carried through the innovation

and creativity of its companion journal, Theory, Culture & Society, in

establishing Body & Society as one of the key innovators in the field. Since that

time the journal has moved beyond the ‘sociology of the body’ and appealed

to a trans-disciplinary audience, including the disciplines of anthropology, art

history, communications, cultural history, cultural studies, environmental studies,

feminism, film studies, health studies, leisure studies, medical history, philosophy,

psychology, religious studies, science studies, sociology and sport studies.

The journal has always been characterized by its theoretical openness, reflected

in the diverse and wide range of critical approaches to the body reflected in the

journal. The journal has also sought to examine a wide range of issues which have

arisen from the writings of theorists such as: Baudrillard, Bergson, Bourdieu,

Butler, Cixous, Deleuze, Douglas, Elias, Ettinger, Foucault, Haraway, Kristeva,

Latour, Mauss, Merleau-Ponty and Simondon. In recent years work on the body

has exploded and studies of the body and embodiment have become increasingly

central to discussions of technologies, film, media practices, communication,

performance, art, regeneration, architecture, labour, dance, affect and life. These

are some of the emergent objects, practices and themes that have been enriched

by a turn to the body and embodiment, and which are reflected in the emergence

of a huge and growing body-studies literature. It is at this juncture that we are

pleased to announce the re-launch of the journal with a new editorial team. We

are seeking to carry through the lineage and innovation of the journal from its

inception, alongside a commitment to extending its scope by encouraging conceptual,

empirical and methodological innovation in the field”.

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Vol. 16(1): 1–5; DOI: 10.1177/1357034X09354558

http://bod.sagepub.com/current.dtl

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