Acting bodies and social networks : a bridge between technology and working memory / / edited and introduced by Bianca Maria Pirani and Ivan Varga

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : University Press of America, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (439 p.)
• Disciplina: 006.7/5
• Soggetto topico: Social psychology; Technology - Social aspects; Mind and body - Social aspects; Memory - Social aspects; Human body - Social aspects; Social networks
• Altri autori: PiraniBianca Maria VargaIvan
• Note generali: 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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Introduction ; Max 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 Italy ; The 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 Character ; The 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 Media ; The 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?; Bibliography ; 11: Southern Bodies: Bodies, Gender and Sexuality in World Society
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Acting bodies and social networks
• ISBN: 0-7618-4998-X; 1-299-13580-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813544003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II