ANTA02H3 Chapter : Feeding Desire Chapter Notes and Key Points
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Plumpness = culturally associated w health vs illness; (obesity and fat is a negative connotation) Prologue : there is more to beauty than meets the eye p. 5 p. 1. Fijians and jamaicans fat is an indication of health/vitality and social network. Women work to maintain the folds of aft around their stomach, fleshy behinds, and strecthmarks on every limb. Arabs: good, moist fat vs bad, dry fat. Ideal of beauty as a window into cultural world. Associations with oppression of women w eating disorders; as a result of media/male fantasies. These ideals persist not primarily bc of their imposition by the a powerful few or by forces extrinsic to the individuals held in their sway, but bc they are deeply imbedded in wider cultural values and social structures. p. 2. Investment in achievement contributes to identity, well-being and honor. The goal , especially for women, is a look of plump ripeness. A plump body indicates happiness, beauty and sexual appeal (egypt)
