Though I'd pass this on. Seems 'taboo' bodies/bodies that don't fit are only
able bodies, according to the ESS!
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> Seeking abstracts for a proposed session for the
> 2006 Eastern Sociological Society's Meetings in
> Boston, February 23-26.
>
> Session Title: *Bodies That Don't Fit: Exploring the
> Dimensions of
> Embodiment and Taboo*
>
> Brief description: This session will bring together a
> diverse range of
> papers that interrogate the various dimensions of
> embodied taboo in social
> context. Papers will advance our understanding of the
> motivations,
> experiences and/or consequences associated with the
> subversive body (aka
> *rule breakers*). Work which critically examines
> embodied transgression
> through the lenses of gender, race, ethnicity,
> sexuality, culture and /or
> class are especially encouraged.
>
> Theoretical pieces, historical studies, empirical
> work, and papers which
> raise methodological considerations related to
> studying taboo and the body
> are all welcome.
>
> Please submit abstracts to Chris Bobel, Session
> Organizer at
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> NOVEMBER 1).
>
> Chris Bobel
> Assistant Professor of Women's Studies
> UMass Boston
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