L48 Anthro 3283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Thomas Luckmann, Michelle Obama, Biopower
21 Sep 2016
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Biopower: the power to improve biology on the level of the individual and population. To understand the state of the socially constructed universe at any given time, or its change over time, one must understand the social organization that permits the definers to do their defining. Put a little crudely, it is essential to keep pushing questions about the historically available conceptualizations of reality from the abstract what?" to the socially concrete says who?" (peter berger and thomas luckmann, the social. Construction of reality: a treatise in the sociology of knowledge) Michelle obama biopower let"s move campaign: says that the cause of obesity is lack of exercise. Does not acknowledge the other factors of obesity. Emily martin the woman in the body: study of medical and scientific texts. Language used to describe female reproductive processes is negative (debris, decay, expelling) Scientific language reflects assumptions about gender norms and roles. Five symptoms over two-week period, symptoms must be severe.
