CMN 269 Lecture 5: CMN 269 - Lecture 5 (Week 6)
8 Mar 2017
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Dominant culture"s interest in our bodies and how unsettling they can be. Potential for the body to disrupt or interfere with convention. The body is the location of our self (selves) Our identity is constructed through the body (the body is integral to our identity) Culturally constructed notions of identity are projected onto and reflected from the body. Through our bodies we perform, express and (re)present ourselves, and others judge our appearances and performances. Clothing (the type we wear or lack of) 36% of us adults 18-25 year olds have tattoos. Mark of othernesscriminality, mental illness, and deviant subcultures groups (kosut) Tear drop tattoos for people who have committed murder.
