The Consuming BodyThis book provides a fascinating examination of the relationship between consumption, the idea of the body and the formation of the self. In tracing these connections, The Consuming Body develops a profile of individuality in the late twentieth century - in both its bodily and mental aspects. Pasi Falk offers a major synthesis and critical assessment of the debates surrounding the body, the self and contemporary consumer culture. The author explores two fundamental issues for modern social theory - the delineation of modern consumption and the body's historically changing position in various cultural orders. In the course of his argument he examines both metaphors of consumption and investigates the issues of representation i |
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Page 103
... character in relation to both of these other discourses . The problem is posed in a new manner . First , it seeks to postulate a natural basis for human needs which would give the criteria to define the ' unneeded ' , luxurious and ...
... character in relation to both of these other discourses . The problem is posed in a new manner . First , it seeks to postulate a natural basis for human needs which would give the criteria to define the ' unneeded ' , luxurious and ...
Page 107
... character of goods - good ( object ) s - manifests their excessiveness or , according to Rousseau's view , their ' supplementarity ' and the ' artificial ' character of the needs they are supposed to satisfy . Due to their substitutive ...
... character of goods - good ( object ) s - manifests their excessiveness or , according to Rousseau's view , their ' supplementarity ' and the ' artificial ' character of the needs they are supposed to satisfy . Due to their substitutive ...
Page 120
... character of desired objects ( from women , food and weapons to the expanding range of other ' valuables ' ) are not transformed into elements in a dynamics of imitation . For the representational character of desired objects to become ...
... character of desired objects ( from women , food and weapons to the expanding range of other ' valuables ' ) are not transformed into elements in a dynamics of imitation . For the representational character of desired objects to become ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
Copyright | |
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