The body
- Created by: Joseph Timoney-Smith
- Created on: 15-04-14 10:40
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- The body
- Techniques of the body was written by Mauss and he said they were universal but contained societal differences and those differences are passed down through the generations
- Globalisation blurs these differences as people in one country are now walking, talking and attracting like people in US movies
- French walk differently to British
- Sprinters run differently to gymnasts
- People hold cutlery and pens differently
- Habitus is the theory by Bourdieu
- the family is our primary Habitus and this is where we get our primary socialisation skills like walking, type of speech
- School, clubs and work is our secondary Habitus and this is were we build upon our original body techniques
- We therefore, mix the old and traditional with the new and modern
- As a means to rebel or conform
- Rebel
- Tattoo's that parents or teacher/emplyers may not want us to have
- During school we modify our appearance, piercings, uniform and hair to feel that we are not apart of one big system and we are individual
- It is illegal in 70 countries for a man to wear women's clothes
- Conform
- Amry or prison tattoo's that will introduce you into a certain group oof people
- Schools have uniforms to show a united institution and take away bullying
- Viels and burqasat as a safe guard against gendder oppression
- Rebel
- The body as a symbol
- Theorists
- Becker found that different body shapes are desirable in different parts of the world - bigger calf's are attractive on women in Fiji
- Thomson said that black girls see their hair as an extension of themselves and the way it appeared influenced how people treated you
- Miller wrote about the power of the Indian sari and how it made women have power over men as it was a tool of seducation
- In South India the left hand is seen as impure, so those who are naturally left handed are forced to write right handed
- Sexual acts are seen as both sacred but a subject of taboo in South Asia
- Theorists
- Body modification
- Kayapo have lips plates that both symbolise the transition from childhood to manhood and also create a hierarchy structure, the bigger the plate the higher you are
- In Papa New Guinea they use scarification to look like crocodiles or birds
- Diet, tattoo's, piercings and cosmetic surgery is used rto try and become more attractive
- Techniques of the body was written by Mauss and he said they were universal but contained societal differences and those differences are passed down through the generations
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