Hi, need to submit a 3000 words essay on the topic American Body Culture.
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The social constructions of obese Americans by agencies from the United States and from the rest of the world are also based on the authorship by macro structures as social stratificatory systems such as class, race, gender, ethnicity, and culture. On the other hand, such constructions are logically based on nothing but commonsensical world views and received wisdom.
For Adorno (1991), the importance of cultural industry is not merely limited to its economic capabilities (which is, of course, relatively strong). but also to the prominent role it has on the making and unmaking of peoples’ identities, attitudes, values and lifestyles. In general, culture industries from around the world are playing an important role in posing slim body and fat body antagonistically. During(1999) is of the view that primary production or manufacturing is becoming decreasingly important sectors of the post-modern economy. Therefore, the manufacturing or production of docile bodies in terms dominant aesthetics and values is a major function of today’s post-modern economy.