Roy Porter’s Bodies Politic is a well-documented study‚ rich in illustrations of visual and literary representations‚ of the social and cultural attitudes towards health‚ disease‚ mortality and doctors in Britain from the seventeenth century to the end of the Victorian age. Though the time- frame is clearly stated in the title‚ Porter has briefly but sincerely traced the cultural history of healing and doctoring in Europe since the Classical times‚ both in spiritual and pathological senses‚ and
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ABOUT Moonleaf is a tea shop offering freshly-brewed tea mixed into a variety of delicious and refreshing concoctions‚ milk tea being the most popular. From what started as a quaint shop on October 3‚ 2010 along Magiting St.‚ UP Teacher’s Village in Diliman‚ Quezon City‚ it became a big hit among the student and young professional crowd in the area. As long lines formed and word spread like wildfire about this affordable and delicious beverage alternative‚ Moonleaf expanded to a bigger
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article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”‚ I can’t help but notice blatantly obvious similarities between our culture and theirs. Their rituals‚ rites‚ and customs are bizarre in nature and seem to illustrate a nearly obsessive fascination with the human body. The main focus of their culture appears to be shaming people based on their appearance and forcing them to conform to the societal norms. Upon further reading‚ I noted that while the Nacirema put a high value on the upkeep of their bodies‚ they
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Body Composition Body composition is the proportion of fat‚ muscle‚ and bone in the body. There are many methods to know someone’s body composition and body fat percentage such as measurement with calipers‚ underwater body‚ fat test‚ the bodpod‚ DEXA scan and bioelectrical impedance analysis. (Kravitz‚ Len‚ Ph.D. & H. Heyward‚ Vivian‚ Ph.D.). The calipers method involves measuring the skinfold thickness of the layer of fat just under the skin in several parts of the body with calipers. The
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almost every model being very thin and tall. Women’s clothing is not the only retail product that shaped body image. Calvin Cline also demonstrates the image that men should be tall‚ and muscular by only using male models who fit this acceptable image. Samson reveals‚ “When we feel good‚ we have higher energy levels and like to reward ourselves more generously.” Consumers who fit these particular body images will feel confident and happy and want to purchase this particular brand of clothing. However
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December 2014 The Perfect Body From an early age‚ women are constantly shown images and messages that emphasize the idea that the only way to be happy and successful in life is to be thin. It is almost impossible to open a magazine‚ shop at the mall‚ listen to the radio‚ or turn on the TV without being confronted with the message that being fat also equals being undesirable. In a society filled with photoshopped images‚ plastic surgery‚ and ads that advertise unnaturally thin body types‚ women are under
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Have Body‚ Will Guard Series is a series of gay erotica novels by the Lambda Literary award-winning novelist Neil S. Plakcy who also writes mystery and romance. The first novel in the popular series of novels was Three Wrong Turns in the Desert that was first published in 2009. With positive reviews coming in heavy and the novels flying off the book shelves Plakcy has written six more titles in the still ongoing series which have just been as well received by fans and critiques alike. The lead characters
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The Body of a Lover: An Analysis of Marguerite Duras’ The Lover Sexuality is evident in every form of life. Plants‚ animals‚ humans all actively engage in sexual practices; however‚ it is only mankind that offers various forms and perspectives of sex and its subcategories. Much focus of sex is its effects on the body and its senses. The focus of the human body‚ its sensuality and also the harm that is inflicted upon it‚ is one of Marguerite Duras’ themes throughout her work The Lover. The paradoxical
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Body Ritual among the Nacirema” tells the story of the “unusual aspect” lifestyle and the rituals of the Americans. Miner uses a unique approach to describe not Nacirema but the Americans by using an outsider’s view‚ a person who does not understand American’s lifestyle. Nacirema is American spelled backwards Miner writes about is every household having a “shrine room” and those individuals with more power contain more than one. He remarks that the shrines rituals ‘are not with family but are
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Baby’s Ink a tattoo shop in Eugene‚ Oregon it is very different from other tattoo parlors because of its overall atmosphere to customer service quality to its artist work quality. You get that deja-vu feeling at Cry Baby’s‚ because it’s homely. When you walk in the door at Cry Baby’s Ink you notice something different about this from other tattoo parlors…the walls are painted very bright neon green and there are racks of clothing which is different from your average tattoo shop. Not to mention Cry
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