KINE 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Barbara Ehrenreich, Antonio Gramsci, Audre Lorde
2 May 2016
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Social body catherine piggot summary a canadian that went to africa, she was slim and the social construction was that fat people are finer than slim people and she should gain more weight. But when she came back to canada it was another thing this means that the body is socially constructed according to different environments. The body is a social body in the sense that it is constructed through different locations. It is a social body in the sense that it involves the society and individuals with power give meaning to which body is better, finer. E. g. having extreme muscles and having a slim body might not be healthy in the biological aspect but to the social aspect it could be described as beautiful. Power patrica hill collins summary power, white women might think that she is oppressed more because of her gender but she does not recognise.
