The Consuming BodySAGE Publications, 1994 M11 11 - 256 páginas This book provides 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. The author 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 i |
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... Girard , 1987 : 10-19 ) , then desire is transformed into a state of being , that is , constituted as desire ( non - possession ) in the proper sense . On the other hand , the ( other's ) object of desire is transformed into a represen ...
... Girard , 1987 : 10-19 ) , then desire is transformed into a state of being , that is , constituted as desire ( non - possession ) in the proper sense . On the other hand , the ( other's ) object of desire is transformed into a represen ...
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... ( Girard ) . But then you have to know how to do it , if you can afford it , if you are included and accepted as one of them , and so forth . Representing whom - representing what ? It seems clear that Girard is aware of the changed role ...
... ( Girard ) . But then you have to know how to do it , if you can afford it , if you are included and accepted as one of them , and so forth . Representing whom - representing what ? It seems clear that Girard is aware of the changed role ...
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... ( Girard , 1977 : 145 ) 20. According to Girard , this is the ' first substitution ' followed by the second , the ' strictly ritualistic substitution ' in which the victim is replaced and represented by the ' surrogate victim ' ( Girard ...
... ( Girard , 1977 : 145 ) 20. According to Girard , this is the ' first substitution ' followed by the second , the ' strictly ritualistic substitution ' in which the victim is replaced and represented by the ' surrogate victim ' ( Girard ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
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