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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... Human Studies , University of Teesside Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study , or criticism or review , as permitted under the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act , 1988 , this publication may be ...
... Human Studies , University of Teesside Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study , or criticism or review , as permitted under the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act , 1988 , this publication may be ...
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... human embodiment , the body and the body - image . This Preface provides a pretext for developing a sketch of what such a comprehensive theory might entail . At present the sociology of the body is highly developed in three areas ...
... human embodiment , the body and the body - image . This Preface provides a pretext for developing a sketch of what such a comprehensive theory might entail . At present the sociology of the body is highly developed in three areas ...
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... Anatomy of the Body ( 1983 ) provides a useful illustration of the impact of the new sociology of knowledge on the historical analysis of medicine via a focus on the spatial and temporal dispersion of the human body . Once again much of ...
... Anatomy of the Body ( 1983 ) provides a useful illustration of the impact of the new sociology of knowledge on the historical analysis of medicine via a focus on the spatial and temporal dispersion of the human body . Once again much of ...
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... human beings are embodied social agents . It is not the case simply that human beings have a body but they are involved in the development of their bodies over their own life - cycle ; in this respect , they are bodies . In this regard ...
... human beings are embodied social agents . It is not the case simply that human beings have a body but they are involved in the development of their bodies over their own life - cycle ; in this respect , they are bodies . In this regard ...
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... body and embodiment into his whole approach to consumption , because he realizes that , while one can talk about an objective body ... human body as a personal project through cosmetic surgery , organ transplants , and transsexual surgery .
... body and embodiment into his whole approach to consumption , because he realizes that , while one can talk about an objective body ... human body as a personal project through cosmetic surgery , organ transplants , and transsexual surgery .
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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