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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... distinction of inside and outside is right from the start also a mental process which defines the ' me ' in relation to the ' not- me ' in terms of mental representations . From a cultural and social perspective the bodily boundaries ...
... distinction of inside and outside is right from the start also a mental process which defines the ' me ' in relation to the ' not- me ' in terms of mental representations . From a cultural and social perspective the bodily boundaries ...
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... distinction presented by Francis Barker , a distinction of ' body ' and ' bodiliness ' which he argues for as follows : however necessary it may be to isolate the body for analytic purposes , the body in question is not a hypostatized ...
... distinction presented by Francis Barker , a distinction of ' body ' and ' bodiliness ' which he argues for as follows : however necessary it may be to isolate the body for analytic purposes , the body in question is not a hypostatized ...
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... distinction changes in the course of history from the praise of contemplative reflection to the negativization of bodiliness and purification of aesthetic experience - nevertheless , the common denominator remains : the prioritiz ...
... distinction changes in the course of history from the praise of contemplative reflection to the negativization of bodiliness and purification of aesthetic experience - nevertheless , the common denominator remains : the prioritiz ...
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... distinction between close and distant senses as channels of ( sensory ) ' influx ' is the first step which calls for ... distinction between the outside and inside , a distinction which appears to be nothing else than a logical truism ...
... distinction between close and distant senses as channels of ( sensory ) ' influx ' is the first step which calls for ... distinction between the outside and inside , a distinction which appears to be nothing else than a logical truism ...
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... distinction involves already a notion of a subject which relates itself to the environment as culture ( Order ) . In other words , the human body as a cultural entity is always already a subject interacting with the ' outside ' in terms ...
... distinction involves already a notion of a subject which relates itself to the environment as culture ( Order ) . In other words , the human body as a cultural entity is always already a subject interacting with the ' outside ' in terms ...
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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