SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ableism, Invisible Disability, Tooth Whitening
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As discussed throughout the term, the body matters. Definitions of ab/normal are socially constructed and can carry significant material consequences. Some individuals can move across their lifespan between the categories of normal and abnormal. Embodiment: the physical and mental experience of existence said differently, a body s not just something that one has; it is also something that one is (p. 306) Some elements of our bodies are often conflated with social status. This can include the ways we are read as racialized, gendered, abled, and classed individuals. These factors can interlock with other readings of the body that may carry differential effects. Powerful people are often imagined as being taller. Shorter people who are assertive are often constructed as having a complex https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=razpaflbhgm. Look at the ways the bodies of both actors are depicted, and how their attributes are linked to their bodies.
