SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thorstein Veblen, Jane Austen, Rarotonga

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Best Joel

Document Summary

Took centuries to arrive at the understanding of bodies that we know now. Ethnocentrism: assumption that all of us met routinely and the way we look at the world is the natural and ordinary way to look at the world e. g. bodies. Body standards vary across time: paleolithic venus" figures from europe (about 25,000) depicted the body as large, symbolizes wealth and leisure, ex: queen of raratonga. In some asian and african countries, heavier women are fantasized and wanted. Thorstein veblen (1857-1920: points out problem of new wealth, early wealthy people were usually merchants who normally profited off of slaves. Bodies express a society"s values: early america"s respect for age/ wisdom: powdered wigs and high waistlines made men look older, more serious, wise, today, people try to dress younger. Tattoos: tattoos once suggested lower status, even criminality, now, tattoos as respectable, artistic.