The Body and Psychology / Edition 1

by Henderikus J Stam

Overview

The body has come to provide a central site for theory and debate from social theory to cultural studies. This important and compelling book looks beyond psychology's traditional biological body to explore what insights can be gained from recent theories of embodiment.

Taking the body as inscribed by social and disciplinary practices, leading contributors explore a wide range of psychological topics in new and challenging ways. Questions surrounding health, gender, history and culture are addressed in contexts such as the psychology of pain, the treatment of anorexia nervosa, and psychology's relationship to transgender activists.

The material in this volume was previously published as a Special Issue of th

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761955344
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/18/1998
Series:	Social Psychology Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Henderikus Stam is Professor of Psychology at the University of Calgary. He is the founding and current editor of the journal Theory and Psychology and is a former President of Division 24 (Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association as well as a former President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology. He has published widely and his research focuses mainly on the history of psychology and the theoretical foundations of psychology.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
The Body's Psychology and Psychology's Body - Henderikus J Stam
Disciplinary and Extra-Disciplinary Examinations
PART TWO: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BODIES
Displays and Fragments - Alan Radley
Embodiment and the Configuration of Social Worlds
Establishing Embodiment in Psychology - Edward E Sampson
Mind as Body Moving in Space - Harry J G Kempen
Bringing the Body Back into Self-Psychology
PART THREE: SEXED AND GENDERED BODIES
‘Loving the Computer' - Elizabeth A Wilson
Cognition, Embodiment and the Influencing Machine
Feminism, Psychology and Matters of the Body - Betty M Bayer and Kareen Ror Malone
Situated Knowledges of Personal Embodiment - Mary Brown Parlee
Transgender Activists' and Psychological Theorists' Perspectives on ‘Sex' and ‘Gender'
Habitus - Caterina Pizanias
From the Inside Out and the Outside In
PART FOUR: SICK AND HEALING BODIES
The Body as a Selfing Device - Cor Baerveldt and Paul Voestermans
The Case of Anorexia Nervosa
The Psychology and Management of Pain - Robert Kugelmann
Gate Control as Theory and Symbol
From Dysappearance to Hyperappearance - Arthur W Frank
Sliding Boundaries of Illness and Bodies