Body Positive movement on Instagram: reflections about the aestheticization of health in neoliberal society

With the advancement of information technologies, social media are inserted straight in people’s daily life and reflect the way groups and individuals build their social, affective, and work relations. Considering that body perception is influenced by media channels, this paper aims to discuss the B...

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Autores: Conde, Thais Nascimento, Seixas, Cristiane Marques
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Recursos:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repositorio:RECIIS (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br:article/2067
Acesso em linha:https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/2067
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Palavra-chave:Body positive
Aestheticization of health
Social media
Instagram
Neoliberalism.
Estetización de la salud
Reds sociales
Neoliberalismo.
Body Positive
Estetização da saúde
Redes sociais
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Resumo:With the advancement of information technologies, social media are inserted straight in people’s daily life and reflect the way groups and individuals build their social, affective, and work relations. Considering that body perception is influenced by media channels, this paper aims to discuss the Body Positive movement increase on Instagram profiles, given the aestheticization of health and the influence and control effect over the relation of individuals with their bodies. Therefore, it takes as reference the analysis of neoliberal’s control and subjectivity modulation mechanisms marked by both the exigency of maximum performance and the permanent competition with itself and the others. It seeks to present a critical reflection on the capture capacity of the social media control mechanisms that, associated with a capitalist market, produces new clothes to old power dispositives.