Beauty, construction of the self and reflexivity among women
The direct relationship between beauty and women is very naturalized in our society. Using sociological thought to transform this naturalization into a sociological question, we run into the structure-agency problem. The majority of theories about the relationship of women and beauty point either to...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL) |
| Repositorio: | Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/4511 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/4511 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Beauty Self Reflexivity Agency Women Beleza Reflexividade Agência Mulheres |
| Resumo: | The direct relationship between beauty and women is very naturalized in our society. Using sociological thought to transform this naturalization into a sociological question, we run into the structure-agency problem. The majority of theories about the relationship of women and beauty point either to the power of structure (in the form of hegemonic aesthetic patterns) or to the power of individual agency. In this article, based on the idea of reflexivity, I examine how women’s agency works in relation to this centrality of beauty and how the influence of structure acts in the construction of their selves. |
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