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      Corpo: uma mercadoria na pós-modernidade Translated title: Cuerpo: una mercancía en la postmodernidad Translated title: The body: a commodity in post-modernity

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          O corpo é um dos objetos que assumem valores simbólicos relevantes na contemporaneidade. Logo, o presente estudo tem como objetivo apontar alguns subsídios fundamentais para mapearmos a transformação e/ou consolidação imaginária do corpo em mercadoria na cultura do consumo e, consequentemente, na sociedade contemporânea. Para tanto, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica acerca das temáticas corpo contemporâneo e cultura do consumo, a fim de que fosse possível estabelecermos pontos de interseção entre ambas. Chegamos, então, à categoria de corpo-mercadoria que se volta, especialmente, para a venda de imagens corporais de sucesso, em que a conquista do corpo almejado é condicionada objetivamente, assim como qualquer outra mercadoria. Concluímos que a abordagem sugerida pelo trabalho nos demonstra que o estudo do corpo como construção cultural é capaz de apontar-nos a dinâmica de algumas relações sociais importantes que se renovam ou se mantêm ao longo do tempo em toda e qualquer sociedade.

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          El cuerpo es uno de los objetos que asume valores simbólicos relevantes en la contemporaneidad. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo apuntar algunos subsidios fundamentales para describir la transformación y/o consolidación imaginaria del cuerpo en mercancía en la cultura del consumo y, consecuentemente, en la sociedad contemporánea. Para ello, fue realizada una revisión bibliográfica acerca de las siguientes temáticas: cuerpo contemporáneo y cultura del consumo, con el fin de que fuera posible establecer puntos de intersección entre ambas. Llegamos, entonces, a la categoría de cuerpo-mercancía que se dirige, especialmente, a la venta de imágenes corporales exitosas, en la que la conquista del cuerpo anhelado se determina objetivamente, así como cualquier otra mercancía. Concluimos que el abordaje sugerido por el trabajo nos demuestra que el estudio del cuerpo como construcción cultural es capaz de apuntarnos la dinámica de algunas relaciones sociales importantes que se renuevan o se mantienen a lo largo del tiempo en toda y cualquier sociedad.

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          The body may be considered one of the objects that assume relevant symbolic values in today’s world. The purpose of this study is to point out some fundamental subsidies to map the imaginary transformation and/or consolidation of the body into a commodity in the consumption culture and, consequently, in contemporary society. For such, a bibliographical review concerning the contemporary body and consumption culture was carried out, in order to establish intersection points between them. In this context, we found the category body-commodity, oriented particularly towards the selling of successful body images, in which the conquest of the aimed body is objectively conditioned, like any other commodity. In conclusion, the approach demonstrates that the study of the body as a cultural construct is able to point out the dynamics of some important social relations, which can be renewed or maintained along time in any society.

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            This article considers some implications of the new health consciousness and movements--holistic health and self-care--for the definition of and solution to problems related to "health." Healthism represents a particular way of viewing the health problem, and is characteristic of the new health consciousness and movements. It can best be understood as a form of medicalization, meaning that it still retains key medical notions. Like medicine, healthism situates the problem of health and disease at the level of the individual. Solutions are formulated at that level as well. To the extent that healthism shapes popular beliefs, we will continue to have a non-political, and therefore, ultimately ineffective conception and strategy of health promotion. Further, by elevating health to a super value, a metaphor for all that is good in life, healthism reinforces the privatization of the struggle for generalized well-being.
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                Psicologia em Revista
                Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte)
                Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Psicologia. Pró-Reitoria de Extensão (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil )
                1677-1168
                December 2008
                : 14
                : 2
                : 171-186
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                [02] orgnameCentro Universitário Augusto Motta
                [01] orgnameUniversidade Veiga de Almeida
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                S1677-11682008000200011 S1677-1168(08)01400211
                00ceb8dc-8018-42d2-8399-6d14ec0c4685

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : September 2007
                : September 2008
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                Mercancía,Contemporaneousness,Cuerpo,Consumption culture,Commodities,Contemporaneidade,Cultura do consumo,Mercadoria,Corpo,Contemporaneidad,Cultura del consumo

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