Ghostly Bodies in the Global City

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Autor(a) principal: Martínez-Hernáez, Angel
Data de Publicação: 2009
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
eng
Título da fonte: Fractal : Revista de Psicologia
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uff.br/fractal/article/view/4744
Resumo: Liquidity has become a metaphor for a contemporary society in which, paradoxically, the only stability lies in the ephemeral; social forms and identities change too quickly to become sedimented. This article argues, however, that in the global city understood as a space of flows, certain social relations -for example, the link between consumer and commodity- have crystallized. This social, economic and political relation has favored the emergence of a corporeal subjectivity in which the body is not simply a means but an end in itself. The body is approached here as a dual entity that is at once both subjective (the consumer body) and objectified (the commodified body), a ghostly entity ideally adapted to and functional in consumer society.
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spelling Ghostly Bodies in the Global CityCuerpos fantasmales en la urbe globalconsumer cultureliquid societyglobalizationbodymodernitycultura del consumosociedad líquidaglobalizacióncuerpomodernidadLiquidity has become a metaphor for a contemporary society in which, paradoxically, the only stability lies in the ephemeral; social forms and identities change too quickly to become sedimented. This article argues, however, that in the global city understood as a space of flows, certain social relations -for example, the link between consumer and commodity- have crystallized. This social, economic and political relation has favored the emergence of a corporeal subjectivity in which the body is not simply a means but an end in itself. The body is approached here as a dual entity that is at once both subjective (the consumer body) and objectified (the commodified body), a ghostly entity ideally adapted to and functional in consumer society.La fluidez se ha convertido en metáfora de una sociedad contemporánea donde, paradójicamente, la única estabilidad descansa en lo efímero, donde las formas sociales cambian antes de que se sedimenten. No obstante, en la urbe global entendida como espacio de flujos cristalizan algunas relaciones sociales - por ejemplo, el vínculo consumidor-mercancía. Esta relación social propicia la creación de una subjetividad corporalizada donde el cuerpo se ha convertido en un fin y no sólo en un medio. El cuerpo es aquí una doble entidad subjetivada (el cuerpo-consumidor) y objetivada (el cuerpo-mercancía), un ente fantasmal que deviene funcional a la sociedad de consumo.ABEC2009-09-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado por Paresapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.uff.br/fractal/article/view/4744Fractal: Journal of Psychology; Vol. 21 No. 2 (2009); 223-236Fractal: Revista de Psicologia; v. 21 n. 2 (2009); 223-2361984-0292reponame:Fractal : Revista de Psicologiainstname:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)instacron:UFFporenghttps://periodicos.uff.br/fractal/article/view/4744/4552https://periodicos.uff.br/fractal/article/view/4744/4553Copyright (c) 2018 Fractalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMartínez-Hernáez, Angel2018-06-05T11:58:32Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/4744Revistahttps://periodicos.uff.br/fractalPUBhttps://periodicos.uff.br/fractal/oai||anaclmonteiro@yahoo.com.br|| mlivianascimento@gmail.com1984-02921984-0292opendoar:2018-06-05T11:58:32Fractal : Revista de Psicologia - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
Cuerpos fantasmales en la urbe global
title Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
spellingShingle Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
Martínez-Hernáez, Angel
consumer culture
liquid society
globalization
body
modernity
cultura del consumo
sociedad líquida
globalización
cuerpo
modernidad
title_short Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
title_full Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
title_fullStr Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
title_full_unstemmed Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
title_sort Ghostly Bodies in the Global City
author Martínez-Hernáez, Angel
author_facet Martínez-Hernáez, Angel
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Martínez-Hernáez, Angel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv consumer culture
liquid society
globalization
body
modernity
cultura del consumo
sociedad líquida
globalización
cuerpo
modernidad
topic consumer culture
liquid society
globalization
body
modernity
cultura del consumo
sociedad líquida
globalización
cuerpo
modernidad
description Liquidity has become a metaphor for a contemporary society in which, paradoxically, the only stability lies in the ephemeral; social forms and identities change too quickly to become sedimented. This article argues, however, that in the global city understood as a space of flows, certain social relations -for example, the link between consumer and commodity- have crystallized. This social, economic and political relation has favored the emergence of a corporeal subjectivity in which the body is not simply a means but an end in itself. The body is approached here as a dual entity that is at once both subjective (the consumer body) and objectified (the commodified body), a ghostly entity ideally adapted to and functional in consumer society.
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