ANTH 474 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bourgeoisie, Body Painting, Bodymind
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The spiritual, the mystical, the allegorical, bodies, the greek bodies of humoural science, the medieval planetary and zodiac type bodies, senses, pleasure, pain, beauty illness, touch, sex, gender Berthelot - "is there any meaning in a sociology of the body?" Introduced the body into mainstream anthropology, (purity and danger "provides a basic theme for all symbolism" Thesis - "the body is a model which can stand for any bounded system. Its boundaries can represent any boundaries which are threatened or precarious. The functions of its different parts and their relation afford a source of symbols for other complex structures. > the body is a natural symbol, everything symbolizes the body, the body symbolizes everything else. The hindu caste system the lowest castes are the most impure, their humble services enable the higher castes to be free of bodily impurities, wash clothes, cut hair, dress corpses