Introduction / Bettina Richter. Diversity management : new perspectives or a thriving business? / Bettina Richter -- What do bodies say? Interpretations of the female* body in media culture / Paula-Irene Villa -- When is a man a man? A brief cultural history of masculine representations of the body as reflected in the media / Florian Diener -- Black bodyship entangled : between essentialism and constructivism / Marilyn Umurungi -- Message to Max on the state of colonial matters and other news / Hans Fassler -- The body, the gaze, and the creation of the extraordinary / Markus Dederich -- Identification and illusion : body images on social media / Maria Schreiber -- Diversity management : new perspectives or a thriving business? / Bettina Richter.
Summary:
"Talking Bodies examines different mechanisms of representation of the body in media cultures - from stereotypical forms of gender representation to the persistence of the regime of the white gaze and to self-staging on social media - and situates them in a cultural, historical, and socialogical context. This publication brings together international posters from a wide range of categories and reveals continuities as well as changes and deviation in the depiction of the human body. Unsettling and even provocative poster compositions provide food to thought and inspire the discovery of new visual dialogues. Talking bodies strives to promote a critical reappraisal of media images of the body."-- Cover page 4.
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