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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... idea that the world is a stage and all the people merely players perfectly expressed this view . What is significant about contemporary society is the fact that the possibility of the body / self as a project is now open to a mass ...
... idea that the world is a stage and all the people merely players perfectly expressed this view . What is significant about contemporary society is the fact that the possibility of the body / self as a project is now open to a mass ...
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... idea redefined that which was formerly conceived of rather as ' inner noise ' ( to be controlled ) as ' inner voice ' which should be heard not only by oneself but also by others . But as long as the inner voice is conceived of as a ...
... idea redefined that which was formerly conceived of rather as ' inner noise ' ( to be controlled ) as ' inner voice ' which should be heard not only by oneself but also by others . But as long as the inner voice is conceived of as a ...
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... idea of speech as action ' . ) 32. Marc Detienne and Jesper Svenbro ( Detienne and Svenbro , 1989 : 153 ) refer to Athenaeus ' ( the author of Sophists at the Dinner Table ) understanding of ' the fact that the social contract is first ...
... idea of speech as action ' . ) 32. Marc Detienne and Jesper Svenbro ( Detienne and Svenbro , 1989 : 153 ) refer to Athenaeus ' ( the author of Sophists at the Dinner Table ) understanding of ' the fact that the social contract is first ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
Copyright | |
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