KINESIOL 3P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tough Mudder, Pole Dance, Pilates
12 May 2016
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October 19 sociology of the body continued. The production of self as a visual displays, as a fit, slim, young-looking and fashionably adorned body does not represent a range of choices but a single imperative of the consumer capitalist context of contemporary existence . Liz frost: anti-aging produces loaded with a bunch of crap about the. Internalizing the imperative to control our bodies: dieting disciplines the body"s hungers: appetite must be monitored at all times and governed by an iron will. Since the innocent need of the organism for food will not be denied, the body becomes one"s enemy, an alien being intent on thwarting the disciplinary project (sandra. Bartky: you must fight off your body"s wants and desires but the brain has to have the will to not cave into it, seen with women far more often than with men. Capitalizing on images: enhancement via consumption.
