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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Page viii
... senses were doors or windows on the soul , through which dangers could enter and threaten the spiritual life of the individual ; it was important to guard these openings . The mouth was a door through which the Devil could enter the ...
... senses were doors or windows on the soul , through which dangers could enter and threaten the spiritual life of the individual ; it was important to guard these openings . The mouth was a door through which the Devil could enter the ...
Page ix
... sense , sex has a history of being constructed by the powerful discourses of religion , medicine and the law . The work of Foucault on the historical construction of sexuality has once more played a major role in this area . Foucault's ...
... sense , sex has a history of being constructed by the powerful discourses of religion , medicine and the law . The work of Foucault on the historical construction of sexuality has once more played a major role in this area . Foucault's ...
Page xi
... sense of the body and its cultural formation . These elements are implicit in Falk's study of the body and modern consumption , and in the Preface I merely offer some slight emphasis to his general approach . I conceive of these areas ...
... sense of the body and its cultural formation . These elements are implicit in Falk's study of the body and modern consumption , and in the Preface I merely offer some slight emphasis to his general approach . I conceive of these areas ...
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... sense of self - identity ' ( Shilling , 1993 : 1 ) . The transformation of medical technology in recent years has made possible the construction of the human body as a personal project through cosmetic surgery , organ transplants , and ...
... sense of self - identity ' ( Shilling , 1993 : 1 ) . The transformation of medical technology in recent years has made possible the construction of the human body as a personal project through cosmetic surgery , organ transplants , and ...
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... sense , Giddens ' claims about self- reflexivity and the democratization of love are certainly plausible in that the quest for personal satisfaction through the body beautiful is now a mass ideal . The significance of Pasi Falk's ...
... sense , Giddens ' claims about self- reflexivity and the democratization of love are certainly plausible in that the quest for personal satisfaction through the body beautiful is now a mass ideal . The significance of Pasi Falk's ...
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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