Pirani, Bianca Maria.

Body and Time : Bodily Rhythms and Social Synchronism in the Digital Media Society. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (303 pages)

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, BODIES, AND THE COURSE OF TIME -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- PART II - CASE STUDIES FROM METROPOLITAN CONTEXTS -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- PART III - BODILY RHYTHMS, SYNCHRONIZATION, AND EMERGENT STRUCTURE -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- POSTFACE.

Body and Time is an innovative and concise survey of penetrating essays, conceptualizing the body as a physiological system embedded in a social network. In its complex and multilayered structure, it is aligned to and overlaps with other related functions. Contributors to this publication are members of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 54 - ‘The Body in the Social Sciences’, and their contributions specifically refer to the RC54 Mid-Term Conference - ‘The Mobile I.

9781443868686


Time -- Sociological aspects.


Electronic books.

HM656 -- .B63 2013eb

302.23;370.4