McSharry, Majella
(2006)
Schooled Bodies? -
Adolescents Encountering Complexities in the Pursuit of
Embodied Validation.
PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
This research is concerned with adolescence as an embodied experience. It
represents an attempt to bridge the gap between the sociology o f childhood and the
sociology o f the body, a connection that is infrequently made within sociological
literature.
This investigation is specifically concerned with questioning how
adolescents are schooled on the body and if the types o f schooling they receive
give rise to complexities in their pursuit o f embodied validation. Throughout this
study I explore how adolescents are schooled on the body in many social spheres.
From the ever-abounding, ever-astounding body images portrayed in consumer
culture; to the hushed comments directed at the bodies o f school peers. From the
popularity o f those with the physical prowess to make it onto prestigious school
teams; to the physical regulation adopted by mothers and fathers. Each o f the
aforementioned contexts, among others school adolescents on the body to some
degree. However, this schooling may often be conflicting and contradictory,
leaving adolescents to overcome the complexities they encounter.
It is a primary contention o f this research that adolescents are not passively
schooled on the body to such a degree that they become slaves to contemporary
trends. This study shows how youths actively negotiate the forms o f embodiment
they encounter and the complexities they experience with certain forms of
embodiment. This research provides a vital window into the worlds of
participating youths and importantly how they experience these worlds as
embodied individuals.
| Item Type: |
Thesis
(PhD)
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| Keywords: |
Adolescents;
Embodied; Validation; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
5223 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
24 Jul 2014 11:49 |
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