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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... might note that the very word sociology comes from the Latin socius meaning friendship or companionship ; sociology is a science of friendship and companionship . Companionship is in literal terms a community based upon the PREFACE xiii.
... might note that the very word sociology comes from the Latin socius meaning friendship or companionship ; sociology is a science of friendship and companionship . Companionship is in literal terms a community based upon the PREFACE xiii.
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... words and food , because words and food are crucial means of reciprocity and exchange . The argument about self formation is now connected , through a discussion of eating , with the formation of society itself as an eating community ...
... words and food , because words and food are crucial means of reciprocity and exchange . The argument about self formation is now connected , through a discussion of eating , with the formation of society itself as an eating community ...
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... words , a mode of existence which defines the subject – in a more or less articulated manner as a separate being . - This is where the paradoxical role of the body as ' contained and container at once ' ( Stewart , 1984 : 104 ) is ...
... words , a mode of existence which defines the subject – in a more or less articulated manner as a separate being . - This is where the paradoxical role of the body as ' contained and container at once ' ( Stewart , 1984 : 104 ) is ...
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... words , ' disperses ( bodies are multiple ) , complexifies ( bodies are layered systems ) , and historicizes ( bodies are finite and contingent products ) subjectivity rather than exchanging it for a simple absence ' ( Wellbery , 1990 ...
... words , ' disperses ( bodies are multiple ) , complexifies ( bodies are layered systems ) , and historicizes ( bodies are finite and contingent products ) subjectivity rather than exchanging it for a simple absence ' ( Wellbery , 1990 ...
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... words , if the structuration of subjectivity is located in the same continuum with the interventionist strategies ( targeted on the body ) , there is no need to define a ' site ' for subject constitution ( a ' site ' which actually ...
... words , if the structuration of subjectivity is located in the same continuum with the interventionist strategies ( targeted on the body ) , there is no need to define a ' site ' for subject constitution ( a ' site ' which actually ...
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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