THE ADOLESCENT AND THE CULT OF THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARINESS
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https://doi.org/10.5216/ia.v34i2.8506Abstract
This article sets out to present an analysis of the adolescent subject and the encouragement of the cult of the body in the modern times. Out of the importance that the young person’s body assumes as ideal in contemporary culture, we aim at correlating, in the light of psychoanalysis, the interferences of excessive consumption and the saturation of the world of images directed towards the body as sources of possible narcissistic inflation of the adolescent subject. The highly-idealized appeal of the image of the body would seem to be controlling relationships between young people, by qualifying, ordering and excluding those who do not follow the prevailing standards of perfection and beauty. Therefore, we believe that the adolescent’s subjective construction, caught up in the narcissistic net created by the cult of the body, is seriously affected.Downloads
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