Chapter 7: Looking Deviant: Physical Appearance Flashcards
(50 cards)
Physical appearance is a stimulus for…
Social Typing
Physical appearance can be…
Voluntary or Involuntary
Body Projects
the ways in which each of us adapts, changes, or controls characteristics of our bodies and whether those characteristics are voluntary or involuntary.
Name the 4 kinds of body projects
Camouflaging projects
Extending projects
Adapting projects
Redesigning projects
Camouflaging Projects
normative techniques of body manipulation learned in socialization processes; attempts to aesthetically enhance one’s body.
-makeup
Extending Projects
attempt to overcome one’s physical limitations
-contact lenses, cane
Adapting Projects
parts of the body are removed or repaired for a host of aesthetic or medical reasons.
-weight loss, muscle building, laser hair removal.
Redesigning Projects
Reconstructing the body in lasting ways.
-plastic surgery, tattoos, piercings.
According to the objective perspective, what do bodies tell us?
bodies tell us about the characteristics of individuals involved in particular body projects
According to the subjective perspective, what do bodies tell us?
bodies tell us about the self, identity formation, and how people come to understand themselves and attribute meaning to their physical appearance
-bodies also tell us about the characteristics of the broader society and culture
Master Status
a category we immediately place people in upon seeing them, which subsequently defines who the person is.
->Physical Appearance
In regards to body modification, the objectivists emphasize which 2 central issues?
Motivation & risk
When studying body modification, subjectivists focus on…
the role of body modification in understanding and developing meanings of the self in relation to others and within a broader societal and cultural framework.
The ‘self’ is not purely individual, but emerges from…
processes of social interaction
Dramaturgical perspective on body modification
The decision to engage in body modification is part of constructing our “front-stage” and “back-stage” selves.
=>We decide on the image that we intentionally project to others.
The disapproval of _____ & _____ makes body mod. less likely.
Friends & Peers
Women may use tattooing in developing either a ______ ______ or a ________ _______
established femininity; resistant femininity
Established Femininity
embodies the dominant cultural constructions of what a female body should look like.
Resistant Femininity
opposes dominant gender ideals & serves as a form of resistance to existing structures of power in society.
What is the core ideology of straightedge subculture?
Resistance to the perceived hedonism and self-indulgence of the modern world.
->building lives around physical purity & control of one’s body
What are the 3 most common tattoo designs chosen by those in the straightedge subculture?
- Symbols of life declaration
- Symbols of pacification
- Symbols of indictment
How may the process of tattooing itself be part of the straightedge ideology?
- Drawing attention to their message
2. Enduring physical pain to demonstrate control over one’s body
Tattooing & other body modification is a ______ project
Redesigning
Body size/ weight is a _____ project
Adapting
