The Body and Society: Explorations in Social Theory
- ISBN-10
- 0631126236
- ISBN-13
- 9780631126232
- Category
- Body, Human
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984-01-01
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Author
- Bryan S. Turner
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- 2008
- 504 pages
- Paperback
- Columbia University Press
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