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 11
... especially by the visual ( Bell , 1976 : 105-8 ) giving primacy to the eye over , say , the mouth ( taste / smell ) . Then again , if the eye simultaneously gains ' mouth - like ' functions , turns into a ' voracious ' organ engaged in ...
... especially by the visual ( Bell , 1976 : 105-8 ) giving primacy to the eye over , say , the mouth ( taste / smell ) . Then again , if the eye simultaneously gains ' mouth - like ' functions , turns into a ' voracious ' organ engaged in ...
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... especially characteristic of modern society - articulating the inside / outside distinction primarily at the boundaries of the individual self , and thus the body surface . In the former ( primitive ) case the environment ( of the body ) ...
... especially characteristic of modern society - articulating the inside / outside distinction primarily at the boundaries of the individual self , and thus the body surface . In the former ( primitive ) case the environment ( of the body ) ...
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... especially from the nineteenth century onwards in the Western world . The changing modes of reception are not only about a ' learned ' ability to incorporate new modes of stimuli ( mainly as representations ) but essentially about the ...
... especially from the nineteenth century onwards in the Western world . The changing modes of reception are not only about a ' learned ' ability to incorporate new modes of stimuli ( mainly as representations ) but essentially about the ...
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... especially as the site of judgement . It is not due to the discriminating powers of the sense of taste as such ( Howes and Lalonde , 1991 : 132 ) but primarily due to the fact that the mouth is the most controlled sensory opening of the ...
... especially as the site of judgement . It is not due to the discriminating powers of the sense of taste as such ( Howes and Lalonde , 1991 : 132 ) but primarily due to the fact that the mouth is the most controlled sensory opening of the ...
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... especially among the gatherer - hunters ( MacClancy , 1992 : 12-13 , 49–50 ) . Further- more , all cultures have their own range of pleasurable ' stimulants ' and actually most modern Western ones derive from the ' other ' cultures , be ...
... especially among the gatherer - hunters ( MacClancy , 1992 : 12-13 , 49–50 ) . Further- more , all cultures have their own range of pleasurable ' stimulants ' and actually most modern Western ones derive from the ' other ' cultures , be ...
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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