Bordo, Reading The Slender Body Reading Questions PDF

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Dr. Ortega PHIL1 BORDO: “Reading the Slender Body”-Reading Exercise

1. According to Bordo, Why is preoccupation with fat, diet, and slenderness one of the “most powerful normalizing strategies of our century?

2. In what sense is the “microcosm” of the physical body a symbol for the vulnerabilities and anxieties of the “macrocosm” of the social body (society)?

3. What does Bordo mean when she writes about the paradox of the “producer selves” and “consumer selves”?

4. According to Bordo, what happens to Self-management in a consumer culture?

5. In what sense does Bordo claim that slenderness is a metaphor for the management of desire?

6. What are your views about Bordo’s claims? Do you agree/disagree? Why?...