Interest in sociological study of the body, theoretically and empirically, has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together exciting and stimulating research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to social arenas of moral and medical regulation.

"...a useful introduction to contemporary sociological examinations of gender and sexuality..." --Gender and Society

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PAULA BLACK Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester RUTH BUTLER Lecturer in Applied Social Research, University of Hull TOM DELPH-JANIUREK Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Walter, Lampeter RICHARD EKINS Psychoanalyst and Reader in Sociology, University of Ulster, Coleraine JENS GERMON Ph.D. Student, University of Sydney, Australia, PHILIP HANCOCK Lecturer in Sociology and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, MYRA HIRD Lecturer, School of Sociology and Social Policy, The Queen's University, Belfast SHEILA HENDERSON Independent Research Consultant JANET HOLLAND Professor of Social Research, Director of the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University, London, STEVI JACKSON Director of the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York DAVE KING Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies, University of Liverpool SHEENA McGRELLIS Visiting Research Fellow, University of Ulster TERRY O'NEILL Completing research entitled, Managing the Margins: the Constitution of the Gay-Disabled Subject JOANNA PHOENIX Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bath, SUE SCOTT Professor of Sociology, University of Durham SUE SHARP Researcher, Institute of Education, University of London, RACHEL THOMSON Senior Research Fellow, Social Science Research Council, South Bank University MELISSA TYLER Lecturer in Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University DANA WILSON-KOVACS Researcher, University of Exeter, CAROL WOLKOWITZ Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick.

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Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART I: SEX, GENDER AND PERFORMING BODIES Putting the Body's Feet in the Ground: Towards a Sociological Reconceptualization of Gendered and Sexual Embodiment; S.Jackson & S.Scott Flight Attendants and the Management of Gendered 'Organizational Bodies'; M.Tyler & P.Hancock Sex, Talk and Making Bodies in the Science Lab; T.Delph-Janiurek Paradoxical Stories of Prostitution; J.Phoenix PART II: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDERED BODIES: SIGNS AND SYMBOLS The Working Body as a Sign: Historical Snapshots; C.Wolkowitz Walking on the Beaches Looking at the...Bodies; P.Black The Fabric of Love: A Semiotic Analysis of the Suspender Belt; D.Wilson-Kovacs PART III: THE MORAL AND MEDICAL REGULATION OF SEX, SEXUALITIES AND GENDER From 'Peter Andre's Six Pack' to 'I Do Knees', the Body in Young People's Moral Discourse; R.Thomson, S.McGrellis, J.Holland, S.Henderson & S.Sharpe The Intersexual Body and the Medical Regulation of Gender; M.Hird & J.Germon Telling Body Transgendering Stories; R.Ekin & D.King Double Damnation: Gay Disabled Men and the Negotiations of Masculinity; T.O'Neill & M.Hird A Break from the Norm: Exploring the Experiences of Queer Crips; R.Butler Bibliography Index