1600 Woodland Road
阿宾顿, PA 19001
传记
My research explores the connection between appearance and social status with a focus on the body, 性别, 健康, and inequality. More specifically, I seek to understand how factors such as body weight, 体型, 肌肉张力, and attractiveness influence an individual's opportunities in social life. Much of my research utilizes the framework of "bodily capital"—a multi-faceted concept that explains why individuals invest time, 能源, and money into their bodies, and what they expect to receive in return. To investigate these processes, I examine cases of bodily change, as people alter how they look through activities such as exercise, 节食, 减肥, 健身, clothing choices, 和手术.
目前, I am concluding a project interviewing pregnant and recently pregnant women about the experience of putting on and trying to take off "baby weight," and beginning a new study on men who gain weight after becoming fathers.
Courses and Teaching
- Introductory Sociology
- 健康, Disease, & 社会
- Sociology of Gender
- Sociology of the Body
- Sociology of Deviance
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Sociology of Sexuality
Research Interests
健康 & Fitness; Medical Sociology; Gender; Body/Embodiment; Inequality; Culture; Qualitative Methods.
出版物
迫降大卫·J. 2023. “Sociology of the Body and Embodiment.” Pp. 204-218 in Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Sociology, edited by S. 卡布雷拉和S. 甜蜜的. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Gruys, Kjerstin and David J. 迫降. 2021. “The Aesthetic Labor of Ethnographers.” Pp. 327-344 in The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment, edited by N. 布尔罗和K. 梅森. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
迫降大卫·J. 2020. “Reframing and Resisting: How Women Navigate the Medicalization of Pregnancy Weight.” Pp. 109-128 in Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 20: Reproduction, 健康, and Medicine, edited by S. 软炭质页岩,M. Waggoner, and E. 阿姆斯特朗. Wales, UK: Emerald Publishing Group.
迫降大卫·J. 2017. "Plump or Corpulent? Lean or Gaunt? Historical Categories of Bodily 健康 in Nineteenth-Century Thought." Social Science History, 41(2): 283-303.
迫降大卫·J. 2017. "Teaching Critical Perspectives on Body Weight: The 'Obesity Epidemic' and Pro-Ana Movement in Classroom Discussions." Teaching Sociology, 45(1): 41-53.
迫降大卫·J. 2016. "Training Bodies, Building Status: Negotiating Gender and Age Differences in the U.S. Fitness Industry." Qualitative Sociology, 39(1): 49-70.
迫降大卫·J. 2013. "'Your Body is Your Business Card': Bodily Capital and 健康 Authority in the Fitness Industry." Social Science & Medicine, 90: 63-71.
迫降大卫·J. 2011. "Looking Within from Without." Pp. xxix – xxxvii in Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 12: Sociology of Diagnosis, edited by P. 麦克甘和D. 迫降. Wales, UK: Emerald Publishing Group.
迫降大卫·J. 2010. "Standing OUT/Fitting IN: Identity, Appearance, and Authenticity in Gay and Lesbian Communities." Symbolic Interaction, 33(2): 213-233.
Martin, Karin A.大卫·J. 迫降, Emily Kazyak, and Kristin S. 谢瑞. 2010. "Advice When Children Come Out: The Cultural 'Tool Kits' of Parents." Journal of Family Issues, 31(7): 960-991.
教育
Ph.D., 2012, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.A., 2009, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.A., 2004, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA