ANTHROP 3HI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Feminist Movement, Modern Art, Body Politic

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 3HI3
• Professor: Dr.Medeiros

Document Summary

Includes studying representations of the body and the cultural shaping of the body: body generally viewed as a biological entity; trying to move away from this thinking, the body functions as a vehicle for learning about our environment. Look at body as a whole to see its complete experience: this is subjective. Feminist movement- reproduction and sexual violence and objectification of body: technological innovations- composite, bionic- new way to perceive functioning of body. Disability- ailments influence perception and understanding: hiv/aids- scars- wasting contributed interesting body- shaped, determined understood in culture. Defining embodiment: embodiment: refers to how people believe that their bodies should feel or function (comes from the social body) Social and cultural: religion to history, social ,gender, race, experience under skin shapes anatomy and body functions in body changeable reflection of social body- mind, body subjective entity impacted by cultures and religious practices. Not somatization- self, totality of who we are in every way- cannot separate body from external;