KINESIOL 3P03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Michel Foucault, Polysemy, Semiotics
12 May 2016
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Body, fitness, diet and sport industries are huge and constantly growing over the years result of focus on thin bodies in social media. Hegemony: the internalized understanding that is taken for granted, seems normal and natural, very difficult to distance oneself from, examples: black athletes are fast, Resistance: breaks down stereotypes and questions what seems to be natural, normal or taken for granted. Opposes hegemony and structure: those who act with agency are often said to be resistant. Semiotics: the study of signs and the process of signification, how meanings are produced and circulated, sign = signifier + signified; sign = the word cat + the image, signs can be polysemic and can float/change over time. The study of the body as a text of culture. How it"s shape, appearance, movement and experience shapes interactions with other humans; can change based on cultural norms.
