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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... representation which constitutes a link between the product and an undefined ' good ' primarily by connotative and associative means . Finally , the last chapter ( ' Pornography and the Representation of Presence ' ) focuses on the ...
... representation which constitutes a link between the product and an undefined ' good ' primarily by connotative and associative means . Finally , the last chapter ( ' Pornography and the Representation of Presence ' ) focuses on the ...
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... representation . From an ontogenic point of view , the basis for representation emerges with the very difference - as a fact or act ( cf. Derrida's différance ) 12 - which stabilizes the oscillation of presence and absence into the ...
... representation . From an ontogenic point of view , the basis for representation emerges with the very difference - as a fact or act ( cf. Derrida's différance ) 12 - which stabilizes the oscillation of presence and absence into the ...
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... representation . But the question remains of what ? - In a hierarchical context - from lower to higher - it becomes a potential representation of the ( higher ) good . This makes the representation of good ( food ) possible but not ...
... representation . But the question remains of what ? - In a hierarchical context - from lower to higher - it becomes a potential representation of the ( higher ) good . This makes the representation of good ( food ) possible but not ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
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