The Consuming Body

1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8974-0
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

This 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Falk, Pasi

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Bryan S Turner
Introduction
Body, Self and Culture
Corporeality and History
Towards an Historical Anthropology of Taste
Consuming Desire
Selling Good(s)
On the Genealogy of Modern Advertising
Pornography and the Representation of Presence

Über Autor(innen)

Falk, Pasi
Pasi Falk is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki