English 2017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Identity Formation, Self-Harm
16 Dec 2015
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Page 66 they care little about their health, protestants need tangible proof they are saved", similar to the anorexic and the jogger. Female anorexics and male bodybuilders have similar body types and are both weirdly embarrassed about their bodies. See critics as always male (even the voice in their heads). Feeling too much, taking up too much space, love, food, etc. Page 72 this is spreading to very young children. Division of axis into dualist control and gender axis, link back to plato, augustine, descartes, focus on uni women, linking of eating disorders with extreme competitiveness and feelings of lack of control. Rebellion. tattoos and the military: can"t have visible tattoos. Tattooing, pain, sado-masochism, proving how tough you are. Establishing difference, and distinction through practices and representation. Subversiveness: being radical and politically aware, defying the status quo. Performing abjection and reclaiming the body, or just perpetuating the pain of victimhood? (self harm or protection against trauma?)
