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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... edible ' because the most fundamental distinction made by man , the original Homo culinarius , divides the world into edible and inedible , into that which may be incorporated and that which may not . Accordingly , the Hua people ...
... edible ' because the most fundamental distinction made by man , the original Homo culinarius , divides the world into edible and inedible , into that which may be incorporated and that which may not . Accordingly , the Hua people ...
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... edible . This implies a subdivision of the edibles into what could preliminarily be called ' real ' foods and ' other ' foods - both acceptable for incorporation according to the specific rules of the alimentary code . So , for example ...
... edible . This implies a subdivision of the edibles into what could preliminarily be called ' real ' foods and ' other ' foods - both acceptable for incorporation according to the specific rules of the alimentary code . So , for example ...
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... edible substances that by culture and language are not recognized as food at all ' ( unconsciously tabooed ; p . 31 ) . The relationship between the second and the third categories could be defined as a relation between relative and ...
... edible substances that by culture and language are not recognized as food at all ' ( unconsciously tabooed ; p . 31 ) . The relationship between the second and the third categories could be defined as a relation between relative and ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
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