HLTHAGE 2J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paul Ferdinand Schilder, Body Image, Neurology
5 Mar 2019
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Sylvia blood: critic of popular notion of body image and how the field developed historically, some criticisms, the mind body dualism (mind and body are separate) "unfortunately a lot of research was developed around that notion" "research is creating the problem and perpetuating the problem: when tracking peoples body dissatisfactions + how it was measured, by simply asking someone what they feel unhappy about, someone will find a. "body images" (more than 1 way you can see, feel about, think about yourself, lots of behaviors body can do: definition shouldn"t get confused with self-esteem, self-confidence (related, but very different) Embodiment defined: body experience in the world and how its influenced by culture (piran) Implies that your body is active and interacting with the world: broader than a social component, holistic + alternative for "image" Image implies a visual representation (try to get rid of this by using embodiment instead sometimes: body as an active agent (not object)
