05567nam 2200733Ia 450 991077932650332120230207231756.00-7618-4998-X1-299-13580-3(CKB)2550000001000384(EBL)1123747(SSID)ssj0000821506(PQKBManifestationID)12392081(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821506(PQKBWorkID)10879274(PQKB)11052494(MiAaPQ)EBC1123747(Au-PeEL)EBL1123747(CaPaEBR)ebr10658829(CaONFJC)MIL444830(OCoLC)854970431(EXLCZ)99255000000100038420091015d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActing bodies and social networks[electronic resource] a bridge between technology and working memory /edited and introduced by Bianca Maria Pirani and Ivan VargaLanham University Press of Americac20101 online resource (439 p.)Selected papers presented at the Research Committee 54 "The body in the social sciences" program of the International Sociological Associations's First World Forum of Sociology held in Barcelona on Sept. 4-8, 2008.0-7618-4997-1 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Conclusion; A Paradigm to Integrate Mind and Body; Notes; Foreword; Introduction; Bodies in Technology; The Invention of Technology; The Body is the Medium of Knowledge; Acting Bodies: A Bridge Between Technology and Working Memory; Bibliography; Volume One: The Body as Social Icon; First Part: Icon as Utopia; 1: Utopian Bodies; What is the Utopian Body?; Pumping Iron, or, the Utopian Body in History; The Global no Body and the Vulnerable Body in Pain; Filmography; Bibliography; 2: Obama as Charismatic Icon; IntroductionMax Weber and Charismatic AuthorityCharisma and Icon; Creating a Social Space for Charismatic Authority; Obama as Polysemic Icon; Image at a Standstill; Bibliography; 3: A Social Icon: the ""Squart""; Squart Rue de la Bourse (Paris); Bibliography; 4: Philosophy as Memory; Bibliography; 5: Icons, Symbols, Cultures; General Considerations; The Body as Icon and Symbol; Notes; Bibliography; 6: Increasing Diversity in a Changing Europe; Introduction; Diversity, Migration and Political Cultures in France, Britain and Germany; The Case of ItalyThe Communitarization of the Migration Policies and the Management of DiversityThe Convergence of Migration Policies in EU Countries; Bibliography; Second Part: Social Icons of the Body: Case-Studies; 7: The Play Actors: Fleeing Bodies, Remaining Prudishness or ....... Body Under Control?; Body Kept Distant and Under Control; Training and Techniques of Acting; Awareness of the Presence on Stage and Relation to the Technique; Body Instrument of the Artist - Physical Limits; The Links With the Personal Life - the Manners to Enter the Skin of the CharacterThe Instigator of the Vocation: Sensation, Pleasure, FeelingsEmbody: Give Substance to the Character.; Fill the Skin of the Character; Notes; Bibliography; 8: Body Cult and Consumption: Fashion and Beauty in the Construction of Lifestyles; Body: Both a Product and Producer of Culture; Body, Fashion and Identity; Body Cult in Numbers: The Recent Evolution of the Beauty Industry; The Research Field; Motivation; Notes; Bibliography; 9: Because also I am Worthy: the Male Body on the Stage; The Male Body as Significant Area in the MediaThe Aesthetical Visibility of the Masculine Body from the Maquillage to the SurgeryPerformance, Bodies and Masculinity; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 10: Spectacular Boobs. A Indepth Look at Sex-Themed Restaurants and Their Female Waitresses; Sexual Desire as A commodity: ""Sell Me Some Sex Today""; Sexuality and Ideology: ""Why Does it Make Us Feel so Good?""; Culture and Spectacle: ""The Hunger for the Bunny and All the Others""; Consumption and Desire: The Addiction to the Image; Conclusion: Sexual Desire Still Sells; What Happens Now?; Bibliography11: Southern Bodies: Bodies, Gender and Sexuality in World SocietyThis book analyzes the complex interactions of body, mind and microelectronic technologies. Internationally renowned scholars look into the nature of the mind - a combination of thought, perception, emotion, will and imagination - as well as the ever-increasing impact and complexity of microelectronic technologies.Social psychologyCongressesTechnologySocial aspectsCongressesMind and bodySocial aspectsCongressesMemorySocial aspectsCongressesHuman bodySocial aspectsCongressesSocial networksCongressesSocial psychologyTechnologySocial aspectsMind and bodySocial aspectsMemorySocial aspectsHuman bodySocial aspectsSocial networks006.7/5Pirani Bianca Maria140194Varga Ivan1544009World Forum of SociologyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779326503321Acting bodies and social networks3797842UNINA