The Consuming Body (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803989740)

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

Author: Pasi Falk
ISBN-10: 0803989741
ISBN-13: 9780803989740
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 09/09/1994
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d