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The Meaning of the Body

Summary/Abstract: Interest in the body is a recent trend, although social theory implicitly dealt with the body. In the early 70s of the last century the more intensive study of the body became a separate subject. Several scientific branches were interested in the theory of the body, primarily for the analysis of discourse in which the body appears to be the source of subjectivity. Various theoretical disciplines substantially contributed to the theory of the body. Cultural anthropology comprises the greatest amount of knowledge about the body. Sociology offers the knowledge of the body as a social construct created through cultural interaction that gives the body discursive meanings.

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