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The Consuming Body Contributor(s): Falk, Pasi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803989741 ISBN-13: 9780803989740 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1994 Click for more in this series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 301 |
LCCN: 94066633 |
Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.81 lbs) 256 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
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Publisher Description: This book provides a fascinating examination of the relationship between consumption, the idea of the body and the formation of the self. In tracing these connections, The Consuming Body develops a profile of individuality in the late twentieth century - in both its bodily and mental aspects. Pasi Falk offers a major synthesis and critical assessment of the debates surrounding the body, the self and contemporary consumer culture. The author explores two fundamental issues for modern social theory - the delineation of modern consumption and the body′s historically changing position in various cultural orders. In the course of his argument he examines both metaphors of consumption and investigates the issues of representation i |
Contributor Bio(s): Falk, Pasi: - Pasi Falk is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki |
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