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Beauty, Family, and Household
Review of Arranged Marriage
* Love is possible but not primary motivation for marriage
* emphasis on uniting two families (not two people)
* especially common when transfer of wealth is at stake
Last time we looked at the story of Tristan and Isolde.
The important element of this story is that while Tristan and Isolde were very much in love, they NEVER MARRY. Love and Marriage don't come together until 17th Century.
First comes AMONG THE PROPERTY-LESS POOR. - they have nothing to lose! Structural History of Love:
Increased division of labor - Increased division of labor – market economy (commodity culture) – increased individualism (mobility, there is a need to find a whole), increased freedom and anomie (too many choices, lost) – romantic love marriage: started amongst the poor
Related to love is BEAUTY ... "So through the eyes love attains the heart." -De Borneilh(ca 1138 - 1200?) Extreme focus on beauty. Beauty ideals forged or reinforced by the media - heavy gender bias. Women are to be beautiful and are held to impossible ideals. (Example of Dove campaign verse Axe campaign by the same company)
Killing Us Softly, by Jean Kilbourne:
* Love is possible but not primary motivation for marriage
* emphasis on uniting two families (not two people)
* especially common when transfer of wealth is at stake
Last time we looked at the story of Tristan and Isolde.
The important element of this story is that while Tristan and Isolde were very much in love, they NEVER MARRY. Love and Marriage don't come together until 17th Century.
First comes AMONG THE PROPERTY-LESS POOR. - they have nothing to lose! Structural History of Love:
Increased division of labor - Increased division of labor – market economy (commodity culture) – increased individualism (mobility, there is a need to find a whole), increased freedom and anomie (too many choices, lost) – romantic love marriage: started amongst the poor
Related to love is BEAUTY ... "So through the eyes love attains the heart." -De Borneilh(ca 1138 - 1200?) Extreme focus on beauty. Beauty ideals forged or reinforced by the media - heavy gender bias. Women are to be beautiful and are held to impossible ideals. (Example of Dove campaign verse Axe campaign by the same company)
Killing Us Softly, by Jean Kilbourne:
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| sbeebe | Beauty, Family, and Household Make-Up | 0 | Oct 19 2010, 1:13 PM EDT by sbeebe | ||
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Some people are resisting this media image of beauty, and trying to keep are values in the right place:
http://www.songlyrics.com/trailer-choir/rockin-the-beer-gut-lyrics/ http://www.metrolyrics.com/gimme-that-girl-lyrics-joe-nichols.html Average US Household size http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?-geo_id=01000US&-tm_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_M00001&-ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_ Media False Images of Beauty http://kstatemasscommunicationonline.wetpaint.com/page/Group+9+Paper We put alot of emphises on flashy homes, and their layouts. http://www.houseplans.com/ In Bostwana they live in a single hut, usually made of straw, or clay. I saw a good quote in my roommates relationship book: "Marriage is falling in love with the same person over and over" This is a reinforcement of the Love marriage. |
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