The Consuming BodyThis is 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. He 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 in advertising and pornography. |
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... Elias , N. ( 1978 ) The Civilising Process . Vol . 1. Oxford : Basil Blackwell . Feher , M. ( ed . ) with Naddaf , R. and Tazi , N. ( 1989 ) Fragments for a History of the Human Body . New York : Zone ( 3 vols ) . Foucault , M. ( 1981 ) ...
... Elias , N. ( 1978 ) The Civilising Process . Vol . 1. Oxford : Basil Blackwell . Feher , M. ( ed . ) with Naddaf , R. and Tazi , N. ( 1989 ) Fragments for a History of the Human Body . New York : Zone ( 3 vols ) . Foucault , M. ( 1981 ) ...
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... sovereignty implying the possibility to control the flows from outside in - at least in principle . This is precisely the other dimension of the bodily control which Norbert Elias ( 1982 ) fails to thematize when BODY , SELF AND CULTURE 13.
... sovereignty implying the possibility to control the flows from outside in - at least in principle . This is precisely the other dimension of the bodily control which Norbert Elias ( 1982 ) fails to thematize when BODY , SELF AND CULTURE 13.
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Pasi Falk. which Norbert Elias ( 1982 ) fails to thematize when he narrows the scope of the ' civilizing process ' to an increased ( internalized ) control of the bodily and / or affective ex - pressions . The mouth The perspective ...
Pasi Falk. which Norbert Elias ( 1982 ) fails to thematize when he narrows the scope of the ' civilizing process ' to an increased ( internalized ) control of the bodily and / or affective ex - pressions . The mouth The perspective ...
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... ( Elias , 1982 ; Kleinspehn , 1987 ) . The problem on which I am focusing is those specific characteristics of modern society which may be conceived of as crucial for the understanding of the modern individual and his / her foodways ...
... ( Elias , 1982 ; Kleinspehn , 1987 ) . The problem on which I am focusing is those specific characteristics of modern society which may be conceived of as crucial for the understanding of the modern individual and his / her foodways ...
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... Elias ' model for the ' civilizing process ' ( Elias , 1978 , 1982 ) . In Elias ' scheme the body becomes ' armoured ' implying a control over the bodily openings and , more generally , a control over affective ex - pressions . In other ...
... Elias ' model for the ' civilizing process ' ( Elias , 1978 , 1982 ) . In Elias ' scheme the body becomes ' armoured ' implying a control over the bodily openings and , more generally , a control over affective ex - pressions . In other ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 Corporeality and History | 45 |
Chapter 4 Towards an Historical Anthropology of Taste | 68 |
Chapter 5 Consuming Desire | 93 |
on the Genealogy of modern advertising | 151 |
Chapter 7 Pornography and the Representation of Presence | 186 |
References | 218 |
Name Index | 232 |
Subject Index | 235 |
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