Fashioning the Body: Versions of the Citizen, the Self, and the Subject

Mykey
Mauss and Douglas made the social and cultural representations at the book store really come out at me. I was thinking about doing the beauty parlor on a magazine buy I was having trouble deciding which one to get at the super market so I decided to go the book store because I thought they would be the authority on the best ones. When I got there I noticed the magizines where the first thing you see when approaching the bookstore through the window and then the classifications of men’s interest being porn, sports, car, and music. And the women’s interests having beauty, bridal, family, food, and crafts. If this was at the front of the store what would be awaiting in the rest of it.
    In the music section I noticed the black artist where on the bottom and white where on the top. Pregnancy section was all white women and the same homey take on pregnant life. Sports were ¾ white guys ¼ black and the only girls were cheerleaders. Education and teaching aids where all standardized tests books. Cook books mostly guys. Excises was 15 males and 3 females doing yoga. Grooming had 20 females, some of the books where written by men. They had two sections of sexuality one entitled sexuality all sex books and the other love and sex all sex books. And they where right next to cooking and in the same section as psychology, recovery, addiction, relationships, self improvement. Computer section had 32 white males 4 females all half naked. And the rest of the sections had a similar pattern.