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Twenty-First Century Dis-Ease? Habitual Reflexivity Or the Reflexive Habitus
- P. Sweetman
- Sociology
- 1 November 2003
While certain theorists have suggested that identity is increasingly reflexive, such accounts are arguably problematised by Bourdieu's concept of habitus, which – in pointing to the ‘embeddedness’ of… Expand
Anchoring the (Postmodern) Self? Body Modification, Fashion and Identity
- P. Sweetman
- Sociology
- 1 June 1999
Recent years have seen a considerable resurgence in the popularity of tattooing and piercing, a development that some have dismissed as a fashionable trend. Others have argued that the relative… Expand
Tourists and travellers?'Subcultures', reflexive identities and neo-tribal sociality
- P. Sweetman
- Sociology
- 2004
Only skin deep? Tattooing, piercing and the transgressive body
- P. Sweetman
- Psychology
- 22 February 1999
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New standard precast concrete bridge beams: stage 1 - identification of new standard beam shapes
- A. Gray, P. Gaby, G. Brown, D. Kirkcaldie, R. Cato, P. Sweetman
- Engineering
- 2003
The objective of Stage I of this research project (carried out in 2002-2003) was to research and identify the most appropriate precast concrete bridge beam shapes that should be adopted in New… Expand
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Marked bodies, oppositional identities? Tattooing, piercing and the ambiguity of resistance
- P. Sweetman
- Psychology
- 23 June 1999
The last twenty to thirty years have seen a considerable resurgence in the popularity of tattooing and body piercing in the West, with tattooing, for instance, undergoing what some have called a… Expand
Stop Making Sense? The Problem of the Body in Youth/Sub/Counter-Culture
- P. Sweetman
- Sociology
- 2001
Much of the existing writing on youth, sub, or counter-culture has adopted a predominantly textual or semiotic approach, focusing on subcultural style, in particular, and the resistant or… Expand