The social construction of the body in modern societies

Abstract

This investigation project studies the principal social changes that have affected the image of the body in contemporary culture. Using the perspective of diversity, a number of issues of growing interest in the field of Social Sciences are discussed about the social uses of the body as both consumer object and symbol, body language and not of the body itself. It also explores the issue of the social controversy surrounding the future of the body, by exploring the role of science and technology in new concepts about the body, life and death. The interest of this project lies in its recognition of the profound nature of the relationships that exist between social life and the body, and the «socialisation of nature».