Physical and Spiritual Flashcards
Body image is both:
1.internal - personal
external - society
How we perceive our bodies visually
How we feel about our physical appearance
How we think and talk to ourselves about our bodies
Our sense of how other people view our bodies
Body image
When it comes to our bodies, there are a number of sources that affect us more than others: 3
Todays embedded ideals
The media
Prejudice (especially in size)
Size prejudice is a form of ——-
Discrimination
Initiated by Barbara Kruger
“I shop, therefore I am:
I have, therefore I am?”
A person is defined not by what they think, but what they own (through ____\
Shopping
is an expressive and constitutive existential act (Kruger)
Shopping
is important in determining race, culture, gender, class, family, and community (Belk, 2016)
Understanding shopping
William james
Material self
is primarily about our bodies, clothes, immediate family, and home; it is one of the components of the self, along with the social self, and spiritual self, and the pure ego.
Material self
4 parts of material self:
Body
Clothes
Immediate family
Home
innermost part of our material self; intentionally, we are investing in our ____ as we cannot live without it
Body
_____- according to_____ in his Philosophy of Dress, “any time we bring an object into the surface of our body, we invest that object into the consciousness of our personal existence taking in its contours to be our own and making it part of our self
Clothes
Herman Lotze
what our parents do or
become affect us
Immediate family
the earliest nest of our selfhood
Home
____gains higher value in our lifetime if we use material possessions to find happiness, associate these things with significant events, accomplishments, and people in our lives.
Material possession
What makes an ad effective or ineffective?
Advertisement analysis
A belief in anthropomorphic supernatural being, such as spirit and gods A focus on the sacred supernatural, where sacred refers to a feeling of reverence and awe
• The presence if supernatural power or energy that is found on supernatural beings as well as physical beings and objects
• The performance of ritual activities that involves the manipulation of sacred object to communicate to supernatural beings and/or to influence or control events
• The articulation of worldview and moral codes through narratives and other means
• Provide the creation and maintenance of social bonds and mechanism of social control within a community; provide explanation for unknown and a sense of control for individuals
Religion