Consuming Body

`I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, [it] also successfully conveys the direct tangible experience of corporality and the senses. Falk's original, insightful book sets the study of the body onto a new plane' - Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute

Sommario

Preface - Bryan S Turner
Introduction
Body, Self and Culture
Corporeality and History
Towards an Historical Anthropology of Taste
Consuming Desire
Selling Good(s)
On the Genealogy of Modern Advertising
Pornography and the Representation of Presence

Info autore

Pasi Falk is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki

Riassunto

`I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, [it] also successfully conveys the direct tangible experience of corporality and the senses. Falk's original, insightful book sets the study of the body onto a new plane' - Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pasi Falk, Falk Pasi
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.07.1994
• EAN: 9780803989740
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-8974-0
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & Cultural Anthropology;Social Theory