SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Population Ageing, Disability Studies, Media Culture

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1001
• Professor: Priscillia Lefebvre

Document Summary

Sociological understanding: the sociology of the body & embodiment. Social change & the body: the politicization of the body, demographic factors, consumer culture, the advent of new technologies, broader social transformations. The beauty industry (unattainable) social standards of beauty: eurocentrism. Changes to one"s body can impact our experiences & social interactions. The extent to which we are aware of and affected by our bodies varies over the course of our lives. How we relate to others, how others relate to us. Our body-image is shaped by : how we perceive our bodies (what we see, socialization (socially constructed meaning, mediated by our social & cultural context. Our body-image is also shaped by how others perceive us & the impression we give them: social class, status, sexuality, gender, our values, our identity, however, regardless of how someone looks we can never assume their identity.