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Social Constructionism

http://social-constructions.blogspot.com/

This blog provides a comprehensive review of Silvia Blood's work on embodiment of femininity and female body image. It explores the complexities surrounding the construction of women’s body image. It also investigates the wider socio-cultural factors impinging upon women's identity and the ways in which femininity is embodied.

• Added on: Apr 17th, 2009
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Mauro Pereira
• Listed in: Education & Learning Culture
• Tags: Culture Psychology feminism sociology psychosocial social theory

Recent Posts

• Blood (2005) Body Work: The Social Construction of Women’s Body Image

  Posted on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008 at 08:01

  Sylvia Blood regards ‘embodiment’ as a theoretical model that binds the ‘mind’ and ‘body’ together through a dialectical interplay between these two concepts. ‘Embodiment’ constitutes the foundation of her critique of experimental psy...

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