Building “perfect” bodies. Cultural implications of the cult of the body and feeding megarexia

The cult of the body phenomena is ever more present in contemporary complex societies; feeding habits and physical exercise have become the two main paths for pursuing hegemonic guiding principles for the body. This article leads off with the concept of the body as a symbolic reality, a place where...

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Autor principal: Martínez Guirao, Javier Eloy
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 2014
Acceso en línea:https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/21.2014.12