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Dangerous Sexualities

Medico-Moral Politics in England Since 1830

By Frank Mort

Dangerous Sexualities takes a look at how our ideas of health and disease are linked to moral and immoral notions of sex. Beginning in the…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16734-5 (Routledge)

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Representations of Death

A Social Psychological Perspective

By Mary Bradbury

Drawing upon a rare and highly original ethnography of contemporary mortuary practices, Representations of Death takes the reader through the medical, bureaucratic, commercial and ritual…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-15022-4 (Routledge)

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Beyond the Body

Death and Social Identity

By Elizabeth Hallam, Jenny Hockey, Glennys Howarth

Beyond the Body presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors challenge existing theories…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18292-8 (Routledge)

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Families and Communities Responding to AIDS

Edited by Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart

All over the world, families and communities are key providers of care and support. This is particularly true in relation to serious illnesses such as…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-1-85728-965-7 (Routledge)

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The Lived Body

Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues

By Gillian A. Bendelow, Simon J. Williams

The Lived Body takes a fresh look at the notion of human embodiment and provides an ideal textbook for undergraduates on the growing number of…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-19426-6 (Routledge)

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HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources

By Jeffrey Huber

HIV and AIDS information on the Internet can be very overwhelming. HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources organizes the information on the Internet about HIV…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-1-56023-117-2 (CRC Press)

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Cooking and Coping Among the Cacti

By Roberta D. BAER

Using data collected from 105 households in Sonora, Mexico, the author combines detailed ethnographic research with quantitative analyses of income, diet, and nutritional status to…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-9056995768 (Routledge)

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Cyborg Babies

From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots

Edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd, Joseph Dumit

From fetuses scanned ultrasonically to computer hackers in daycare, contemporary children are increasingly rendered cyborg by their immersion in technoculture. As we are faced with…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91604-2 (Routledge)

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The Dutch Response To HIV

Pragmatism and Consensus

By Theo Sandfort

The Netherlands' response to AIDS is widely regarded as well organized and effective. This is largely due to the timely response to the threat of…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-1-85728-817-9 (Routledge)

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Gendered Epidemic

Representations of Women in the Age of AIDS

Edited by Nancy L. Roth, Katie Hogan

Since nearly the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, activists have signaled the inadequacy of prevention strategies and drug protocols that have been developed from research…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91785-8 (Routledge)

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