Concepts
Something you had better not violate.
What is a taboo (189)?
Opposite of "face-off masculinity."
What is "the lean" (205)?
Clint Eastwood's skin is "loose around the waistband."
What is The Bridges of Madison County (232)?
Most important concept in Bordo's chapter.
What is "beauty"? Duh, look at the title.
A woman who likes to ogle others' bodies.
What is a "voyeuse" (197)?
Re. fashion: women vs. men
What is fashion competence vs. "fashion incompetence" (209)?
In this movie, John Travolta pays a lot of attention to his clothing and hair.
What is Saturday Night Fever (212)?
In the 19th century, men and women lived in "separate spheres."
What is "Male Decorativeness in Cultural Perspective" (215)?
Character in Plato's Symposium who reverses the typical male-male dynamic.
Who is Alcibiades (232)?
Biology is to sex as culture is to _____________.
What is "gender" (192)?
What John Berger says.
What is "men act and women appear" (210)?
He played manly men in biblical epics.
Who is Charlton Heston (212)?
Our point of view, according to Bordo (two things).
What are Cartesian and Puritan (193, 230-311)?
Attitude that you should buy stuff.
What is consumerism (197)?
Difference between Michael Jordan and RuPaul.
What is a sports superstar vs. famous cross-dresser (224-25)?
How Tony Manero's body looked in Staying Alive (the sequel to Saturday Night Fever).
What is "'perfect': gleaming and muscular, without an ounce of fat" (233)?
Calvin Klein's sexual orientation.
What is bisexual (198)?
YOU as opposed to what you look at.
What is "subject vs. object" (196)?
Bordo's points of view in this chapter. Name at least two.
What are philosopher, historian, media critic, and heterosexual woman?
Are these points of view really binaries, or did I snooker you?
Movie not mentioned by Bordo in which Richard Gere plays a gigolo.
What is American Gigolo?