The Body and its Media Plasticity. Preliminary remarks on the pictoriality of the body Cover Image

Ciało i jego medioplastia. Uwagi wstępne na temat obrazowości ciała
The Body and its Media Plasticity. Preliminary remarks on the pictoriality of the body

Author(s): Jarosław Barański
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Applied Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: body; body image; body pictoriality; media plasticity; body philosophy and sociology

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the issue of the pictoriality of the human body in contemporary visual culture in the context of the influence of the images of the body created by it and the manner of its perception on the way the body is experienced by a modern man. The article is a theoretical attempt to explain the aforementioned influence in terms of a pictorial plasticity of the body and its perception – media plasticity. The first part of the article is a reasoned theoretical perspective; the second part – an explanation of the category of media plasticity; the third one – a description of its particular form in medical practice.

  • Issue Year: VII/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-53
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish