Author/Editor		Varela-Silva, Maria Ines; Vasconcelos, Olga
Title		Satisfaction with body-image in cross-cultural context
Translated title		Zadovoljstvo s telesno podobo v medkulturni povezavi
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.		Letnik 40, št. Suppl
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 47-57
Language		eng
Abstract		Several disciplines, such as anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics, provide fundamental explanations about the way we perform voluntary movements and about the way we express ourselves physically. The field of Sport Sciences and its subfields, such as Motor Development, Motor Control and Motor Learning, also give important contributions. From these fields we get a better understanding about our bodies and the way that body size, body shape, posture, attitudes and movement are linked with several means of physical expression. Nevertheless, there are considerable differences between what our bodies can do and what, all of us, as individuals from specific sociocultural groups, with specific patterns of behavior, really may do with our bodies. In this paper we focus on some sociocultural determinants of body image, including mass media, dressing, cosmetics, and the family environ- ment in several cultural contexts. All of'the influences on the human body suggest to us that the members of each human group carry in their bodies the marks of their society and their culture. Culture is carved into the human body and the human body reproduces the entire society.
Summary		Različne stroke, npr. anatomija, fiziologija in biomehanika, prinašajo temeljne razlage o tem, kako opravljamo hotene gibe in kako se telesno izražamo. Področje znanosti o športu in njegova podpodročja, npr. motorični razvoj, motorični nadzor in motorično učenje, prav tako pomembno prispevajo k temu. Ta po ja nam omogočajo boljše razumevanje telesa in tega, kako so telesna velikost, oblika, drža, odnosi in gibanje povezani z različnimi načini telesnega izražanja. Kljub temu pa obstajajo velike razlike med tem, kar telo zmore, in tem, kar kot posamezniki iz specifičnih socialnokulturnih skupin, s specifičnimi vzorci vedenja, s svojim telesom tudi res storimo. V prispevku opisujemo nekatere socialnokulturne determinante telesne podobe, mdr. množične medije, oblačenje, kozmetiko in družinsko okolje v različnih kulturnih povezavah. Vsi vplivi na človeško telo nakazujejo, da člani vsake človeške skupine v telesu nosijo znamenja svoje družbe in svoje kulture. Kultura je vklesana v človeško telo in človeško telo poustvarja celotno družbo.
Descriptors		BODY IMAGE ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR SOMATOTYPES CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON ADOLESCENCE BODY HEIGHT BODY WEIGHT