Construyendo los cuerpos “perfectos”. Implicaciones culturales del culto al cuerpo y la alimentación en la vigorexia

  1. Martínez Guirao, Javier Eloy 1
  1. 1 Universidad Politécnica Salesiana
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    Universidad Politécnica Salesiana

    Cuenca, Ecuador

    ROR https://ror.org/00f11af73

Journal:
Universitas-XXI: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas

ISSN: 1390-8634,  1390-3837

Year of publication: 2014

Issue: 21

Pages: 77-99

Type: Article

DOI: 10.17163/UNI.N21.2014.12 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

The cult of the body phenomena is ever more present in contemporary complex societies; feeding habits and physical exercise have become the two main paths for pursuing hegemonic guiding principles for the body. This article leads off with the concept of the body as a symbolic reality, a place where society and culture manifest themselves, as well as feeding habits as a social fact. We analyze the phenomena of megarexia as a reflection of the radicalization and distortion of what is desirable as well as society’s contradictions and their repercussions in dietary guidelines.

Bibliographic References

  • Cuerpo, alimentación, vigorexia, cultura, antropología.
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