WGS200Y5 Lecture Notes - Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Feminist Theory, Photo Manipulation
12 Nov 2013
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One way to think about feminist theory is to say that it investigates how culture saturates the particularities of bodies with meanings and probes the consequences of those meanings (rosemarie. Components of culture- race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, language, norms of a culture, religion, education. Capitalism shaping cultural meaning of feminism- i. e. radiant tampons. One kind of beauty; distortion of beauty. Distorts how we view ourselves and others. Makeup- selling beauty- i. e. mary kay created her brand to help people feel beautiful. Joan jacobs brumberg, the body project: an intimate history of american girls. Changes in physical maturation process- from girls to women: mismatch between culture and biology. Rise of medicalization- i. e. maxi pads (now you can live life even on your period) Ways in which women dressed in 1920s- removing corsets: once we become teens, now our bodies become sites of anxiety and things that need to be controlled (medicalization of menstruation)
