Chris Shilling’s most recent book, Changing Bodies has been reviewed in the international journal Sport, Education and Society. The review concludes that ‘[Changing Bodies] confirms [Shilling’s] status as one of the most innovative and important figures in the study of body in society in contemporary sociology. For anyone seeking to understand the significance of ‘the body’ in contemporary culture and how it is both encrypted by and encrypts culture, this book is an essential read.. [I]t will help guide scholarship and research agendas for many years to come.’
School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research