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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... Imitation ( 1962 [ 1890 ] ) . The former emphasizes the competitive and the latter the imitative aspect of social comparison but , all the same , the basic idea of the social origins and constitution of ' metaphoric thirst ' ( desire ) ...
... Imitation ( 1962 [ 1890 ] ) . The former emphasizes the competitive and the latter the imitative aspect of social comparison but , all the same , the basic idea of the social origins and constitution of ' metaphoric thirst ' ( desire ) ...
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... imitation ( cf. Girard , 1987 : 10-19 ) the representational character of desired objects ( from women , food and weapons to the expanding range of other ' valuables ' ) are not transformed into elements in a dynamics of imitation . For ...
... imitation ( cf. Girard , 1987 : 10-19 ) the representational character of desired objects ( from women , food and weapons to the expanding range of other ' valuables ' ) are not transformed into elements in a dynamics of imitation . For ...
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... imitation and the Girardian mimetic desire actualizable as a social dynamic principle . -- Surely these preconditions do not apply to modern Western society only . Nevertheless , this is the scene for their full - blown manifestation ...
... imitation and the Girardian mimetic desire actualizable as a social dynamic principle . -- Surely these preconditions do not apply to modern Western society only . Nevertheless , this is the scene for their full - blown manifestation ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
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