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thehygienic,dietetic,therapeuticcultwhichsurroundsit,theobsessionwithyouth,elegance,virility/femininity,treatmentsandregimes,andthesacrificialpracticesattachingtoitallbearwitnesstothefactthatthebodyhastodaybecomeanobjectofsalvation.(鲍德里亚说,“在消费的全套装备中,有一种比其他一切都更美丽、更珍贵、更光彩夺目的物品——它比负载了全部内涵的汽车还要负载了更沉重的内涵。
这便是身体……特别是女性身体在广告、时尚、大众文化的完全出场。
今天的一切都证明身体变成了救赎物品,”身体成为消费社会急需我们“重新发现”的矿藏。
)Ithasliterallytakenoverthatmoralandideologicalfunctionfromthesoul.
Unremittingpropagandaremindsusthat,inthewordsoftheoldhymn,wehaveonlyonebodyandithastobesaved.Forcenturies,therewasarelentlessefforttoconvincepeopletheyhadnobodies(thoughtheywereneverreallyconvinced);
today,thereisarelentlessefforttoconvincethemoftheirbodies.Thereissomethingstrangeaboutthis.Isnotthebodythemostobviousofthings?
Itseemsnot.Thebodyisaculturalfact.Now,inanyculturewhatsoever,themodeoforganizationoftherelationtothebodyreflectsthemodeoforganizationoftherelationtothingsandofsocialrelations.Inacapitalistsociety,thegeneralstatusofprivatepropertyappliesalsotothebody,tothewayweoperatesociallywithitandthementalrepresentationwehaveofit.Inthetraditionalorder--inthecaseofthepeasant,forexample--therewasnonarcissisticinvestmentorspectacularperceptionofhisbody,butaninstrumental/magicalvision,inducedbythelabourprocessandtherelationtonature.
Whatwewanttoshowisthatthecurrentstructuresofproduction/consumptioninduceinthesubjectadualpractice,linkedtoasplit(butprofoundlyinterdependent)representationofhis/herownbody:
therepresentationofthebodyascapitalandasfetish(orconsumerobject).Inbothcases,itisimportantthat,farfromthebodybeingdeniedorleftoutofaccount,thereisdeliberateinvestmentinit(inthetwosenses,economicandpsychical,oftheterm).
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TheSecretKeystoYourBody
AfineexampleofthismanagedreappropriationofthebodyisprovidedbyElle,inanarticleentitled`Thesecretkeystoyourbodywhichunlockthedoortocomplex-freeliving'
.
‘Yourbodyisbothyourouterlimitandyoursixthsense,'
thearticlebegins,anditassumesaseriousairbyrecountingthepsycho-genesisoftheappropriationofthebodyanditsimage:
`Ataroundsixmonths,youbegantoperceive,asyetveryobscurely,thatyouhadadistinctbody.'
After-anallusiontothemirror-stage(`psychologistscallthis...'
)andatimidallusiontoerogenouszones(`Freudsaysthat...'
),itcomestothecentralpoint:
‘Areyouateaseinyourbody?
'
Rightaway,incomesBrigitteBardot(BB):
she`isateaseinherbody'
.‘Everythingaboutherisbeautiful:
herneck,herback,particularlythesmalloftheback...BB'
ssecret?
Shereallyinhabitsherbody.Sheislikealittleanimalwhopreciselyfillsupherdress.'
(Doessheinhabitherbodyorherdress?
Whichofthese,thebodyorthedress,ishersecondhome?
Thisispreciselythepoint:
shewearsherbodylikeadress,andthismakes`inhabiting'
afashioneffect,a`package'
effect,andrelatesittoaludicprinciplewhichisfurtherreinforcedbythe`littleanimal'
reference.)If,inthepast,itwas`thesoulwhichclothedthebody'
todayitistheskinwhichclothesit,thoughnottheskinasirruptionofnudity(and,hence,ofdesire),butasprestigegarmentandsecondhome,assignandasfashionreference(andthereforesubstitutableforthedresswithoutchangeofmeaning,ascanbeseeninthecurrentexploitationofnudityinthetheatreandelsewhere,where,inspiteofthefalsesexualpathos,itappearsasonemoreterminthefashionparadigm).
Letusreturntoourtext.‘Youhavetobeintouchwithyourself,youhavetolearntoreadyourbody'
(ifyoudon'
t,youareanti-BB).
Lieonthegroundandstretchoutyourarms.Nowrunthemiddlefingerofyourrighthandveryslowlyalongthatinvisiblelinewhichrunsfromtheringfingerrightalongthearmtothecrookoftheelbowandthearmpit.You'
llfindthesamelineonyourlegs.Thesearelinesofsensitivity.Thisisyourcartedutender.Thereareotherlinesoftendresse:
alongthespinalcolumn,onthenapeoftheneck,thestomach,theshoulders...Ifyoudonotknowthem,thenrepressionoccursinyourbody,asitdoesinyourpsyche...Theterritoriesofthebodywhichyoursensitivitydoesnotinhabit,whichyourthinkingdoesnotvisit,areill-favouredareas...Thecirculationispoor;
thereisalackofmuscletone.Or,alternatively,cellulite[!
]tendstosettlethereonceandforall.
Inotherwords:
ifyoudon'
tmakeyourbodilydevotions,ifyousinbyomission,youwillbepunished.Everythingthatailsyoucomesfrombeingculpablyirresponsibletowardsyourself(yourownsalvation).Quiteapartfromtheatmosphereofsingularmoralterrorismwhichinfusesthiscartedutender(andwhichequateswithpuritanterrorism,exceptthatinthiscaseitisnolongerGodpunishingyou,butyourownbody--asuddenlymaleficent,repressiveagencywhichtakesitsrevengeifyouarenotgentlewithit),onecanseehowthisdiscourse,undertheguiseofreconcilingeveryonewiththeirownbody,doesinfactreintroduce,betweenthesubjectandtheobjectivizedbodyasthreateningdouble,thesamerelationswhicharethoseofsociallife,thesamedeterminationswhicharethoseofsocialrelations:
blackmail,repression,persecutionsyndrome,conjugalneurosis(thesamewomenwhoreadthiswillreadafewpagesfurtheronthatiftheyarenotaffectionatetotheirhusbands,theywillbeartheresponsibilityforthefailureoftheirmarriages).Apart,then,fromthislatentterrorism,directedinEllemoreparticularlyatwomen,whatisinterestingisthesuggestionthatoneshouldrevertbackintoone'
sownbodyandinvestitnarcissistically`fromtheinside'
notinanysensetogettoknowitindepth,but,byawhollyfetishisticandspectacularlogic,toformitintoasmoother,moreperfect,morefunctionalobjectfortheoutsideworld.分开,然后,从这个潜在的恐怖主义,直接在艾丽更特别在妇女,什么是有趣的是建议,应该恢复到自己的身体和投资十分“内部”,而不是任何意义去了解它在深度,但是,通过一个完全迷信的和壮观的逻辑,它变成一个更平稳、更完美、更功能对象的外部世界。
Thisnarcissisticrelation--itisamanagednarcissism,operatingonthebodyasincolonizedvirgin`territory'
`affectionately'
[tendrement]exploringthebodylikeadeposittobeminedinordertoextractfromitthevisiblesignsofhappiness,health,beauty,andtheanimalitywhichtriumphsinthemarketplaceoffashion--findsitsmysticalexpressioninthereaders'
confessionswhichfollow:
`Iwasdiscoveringmybody.Icouldfeelitinallitspurity.'
这个自恋的关系——这是一个管理的自恋、操作对身体在殖民处女的领土”、“亲切地”[tendrement]探索身体像一个存款是为了提取开采从它的可见的幸福、健康、美丽、和兽性,在市场上成功的时尚——发现其神秘的表达式在读者的自白,遵循:
“我发现我的身体。
我能感觉到它在所有它的纯度。
And,evenbetter:
`ItwasasthoughIwasbeinghuggedbymybody.Ibegantoloveit.And,lovingit,IwantedtocareforitwiththesameaffectionIfeltformychildren.'
Whatissignificantisthisregressiveinvolutionofaffectivityintothebody-as-child,thebody-as-trinket--inexhaustiblemetaphorofapenischerished,cradledand...castrated.Inthissense,thebody,becomethefinestobjectofsolicitude,monopolizesforitselfallso-callednormalaffectivity(towardsotherrealpersons),without,however,takingonavalueofitsown,since,inthisprocessofaffectivererouting[dé
tournement],anyotherobjectcan,bythesamefetishisticlogic,playthisrole.Thebodyissimplythefinestofthesepsychicallypossessed,manipulatedandconsumedobjects.
Butthemainthingisthatthisnarcissisticreinvestment,orchestratedasamystiqueofliberationandaccomplishment,isinfactalwayssimultaneouslyaninvestmentofanefficient,competitive,economictype.Thebody`reappropriated'
inthiswayisreappropriatedfirsttomeet`capitalist'
objectives:
.Thebodyisnotreappropriatedfortheautonomousendsofthesubject,butintermsofanormativeprincipleofenjoymentandhedonisticprofitability,intermsofanenforcedinstrumentalitythatisindexedtothecodeandthenormsofasocietyofproductionandmanagedconsumption.被重新占有,依据的并不是主体的自主目标,而是一种娱乐及享乐主义效益的标准化原则、一种直接与一个生产及指导性消费的社会编码规则及标准相联系的工具约束。
Inotherwords,onemanagesone'
sbody;
onehandlesitasonemighthandleaninheritance;
onemanipulatesitasoneofthemanysignifiersofsocialstatus.Thewomanwhosaidshe`wantedtocareforitwiththesameaffection[she]feltfor[her]children'
immediatelyadds:
`Ibegantovisitbeauticians...Thepeoplewhosawmeafterthatcrisisfoundmehappier,betterlooking.'
`Recuperated'
asaninstrumentofenjoymentandanindicatorofprestige,thebodyisthensubjectedtoalabourofinvestment(solicitude,obsession)which,oncethemythofliberationthatactsascoverispeeledaway,doubtlessrepresentsamoreprofoundlyalienatedlabourthantheexploitationofthebodyaslabourpower.
FunctionalBeauty
身体异化的突出表现是其功用性特征。
其中美丽和色情是两个核心主题。
美丽既不是自然的效果,也和道德品质无关。
但是,对于女性来说,它却是绝对命令,因为它是“交换着的符号的一种材料,它是作为价值/符号运作着的”,它是资本的一种形式。
因为身体在这里发生了一种蜕变——从具体价值、使用价值向功用性交换价值的蜕变。
而作为另一个功用性主题的色情,其在消费社会中的一个典型特征则是交换的普遍化,它与本来意义上的性欲是具有明显不同的。
“在身体/冲动、身体,幻觉中占主导地位的是欲望的个体结构。
而在‘色情化’的身体中,起主导地位的则是交换的社会功能。
”因此,在消费社会中,功用性的色情必然要受到工具化编