摘要
身体正越来越成为众人瞩目的焦点,不管是作为绯闻或丑闻。上流社会任何一点风吹草动都会引来狗仔队的围观。在这篇文章里作者以一个社会学研究者的敏锐眼光穿透了在私人"会所"里身体自治的幻觉。揭示出像"恋物癖"一样的对身体自恋式的迷狂,不过是主体性的丧失。在魅力和健康的幌子之下,原本追求天性解放和本能冲动的身体已不再尖锐和具有颠覆性的价值。反而被逐渐驯化成"指导性消费的社会编码规则"及与标准相联系的约束工具。
Social circle derives from Europe in the 17th century. It indicates a social network that builds up by people from the same stratum with similar interests. Club is a form of social circle. Nowadays, the club culture more intensely reveals it’s 'Appearance- Preferring'—it standardizing people’s social status but still contradictorily emphasizes 'personalization.' Appearance can make others judge our social status easily. In a similar way, the appearance of club also has impact on its members. Custom, the exterior tag of our body, has been taken really seriously in most upscale clubs. To take care of the insides, most clubs have expensive regimen too. As a result, bodies become a media that shows their owner’s prestige, wealth and dignity. The functionalization of bodies also shows in the 'Gender Stereotypes.' In a comprehensive club that the membership fee is at least 50,000CNY, women spend most money on taking care of their bodies such as spa or facial. For men, the way of taking care of their body also shows through expensive fitness, watch and roadster. The 'Appearance-Preferring' is unified, but contradictorily, club also emphasizes personalization to make customers enjoy 'indulgence' through relaxation. However, is this indulgence really frees the body and shows personality? Or, maybe it simulates indulgence and ordinary, which inversely outlines those people’s non- ordinary and nobility. Anyhow, people manage their own body and use it to control their social status. The more well known we get, the more we are enslaved to a 'spell': Are you feeling good under you skin?
出处
《世界建筑导报》
2013年第4期18-19,共2页
World Architecture Review
