International Conference on Body Sociology and Body Image ICBSBI on May 15-16, 2027 in Las Vegas, United States

Body sociology
Body and sociological perspective
The history and theory of the body
Sociological awareness of the body in society
Body in contemporary society as a key site of political, social, cultural and economic intervention
Excluded bodies in struggles for citizenship and emancipation
Role of medicine in governance and control of the body and bodies
Experience of being in a body
The frailty of the human body
Gendered and sexed bodies
Bio surveillance and the disciplined body
Self, identity and social risk
Social relationships and bodybuilding
The commodified body and the commodification and marketisation of body parts
Modern technologies
The body, information and technology
Social control and surveillance of bodies at an individual and population level
Contemporary social issues in relation to the body
Social policy implications
The body in medicine
Embodiment or disembodiment
Risky bodies