| Journal Title | Body Culture Journal |
| ISSN | 1817-6690 |
| Publisher | Taipei:Taiwan Body Culture Society |
| Language | 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese) |
| Discipline | 人類學(Anthropology)_社會(Society) |
| STATUS | Published in Jun and Dec.,Regular release. Founded in 2005. |
| Former Journal Title | |
| Introduction | Semi-annual, founded by The Taiwan Body Culture Society in 2005. This journal mainly publishes the original works of humanities and sociology related to body culture, as a collection of scholarly works in various fields in Taiwan, aiming to construct the subjectivity of body culture, to promote the meaning and value of body culture, and to enrich the academic system of body culture. The "body" research has been current since the 1980s and is one of the core of humanities research in the 21st century, and it can be explored from both humanities and natural sciences. From the perspective of humanities and social sciences, the body research includes the body of philosophy, the body of consciousness, body history, body thought, etc.; From the perspective of natural science, the body research includes the discussion of body physiology, body anthropology, body medicine culture theory, etc. This journal is the only journal named after the "body", its topics of articles are diverse and related to different industries such as modern sports, service industry, religion, and advertising. Among various kinds of topics, the most popular one is "sports". This journal possesses lots of reference value for readers in anthropology, sociology and sports and leisure related fields. |