Women's Studies 2162A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Consumerism, Bulimia Nervosa
14 Mar 2019
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Half a page of describing what we are talking about. Explain and define the concept then relate it to the media. Discipline is a technique that operates on bodies to make them do something. Doing what is expected of you because it has been instilled. Make bodies continue to function in ways that are desirable. Healthism, to do things that are good for your health are normalized. Insane person decided trough studies that they are abnormal. This encourages us to participate in the norm. We see what happens to people who arent normal. Sane people become the norm- they are expected to behave in ways that reflect this. There is nothing natural about these categories, socially constructed. They make us productive people, contribute to society, commercialism, consumerism. What are images of women saying about them. Norms around slender bodies are not about being thin, its being in control of your desires.
