Download or read book The Body Social written by Anthony Synnott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating book Anthony Synnott explores a subject which has been woefully ignored: our bodies. He surveys the history for thinking about the body and the senses, then focuses on specific themes: gender, beauty, the face, hair, touch, smell and sight. He concludes with a review of classical and contemporary theories of the body and the senses. Thinking about the body will never be the same after reading this book.