Body Studies: The Basics License:perpetual This text explores the transition

This text explores the transition from the foraging societies of the Late Paleolithic to the emergence of settled farming societies and the emergent pastoralism of the middle Neolithic striving to help answer the diverse and numerous questions of this critical transitional period

networks and distribution

Mathematical techniques at a level suited to MBA students and undergraduates taking a first course in the topic

Written by established authorities in the field

Body Studies: The Basics License:perpetual This text explores the transitionConsideration of the body as a subject for study has increased in recent years with new technologies, forms of modification, debates about obesity and issues of age being brought into focus by the media. Drawing on contemporary culture, Body Studies: The Basics introduces readers to the key concerns and debates surrounding the study of the sociological body, cutting across disciplines to cover topics which include: Nature vs. Culture: how we build and