W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCE

The paper deals with the practice of body suspension, which is one of the forms of body play, initiated and popularized by the Modern Primitive movement. The empirical basis of the paper is the author’s own sociological research focused on the issue of individual motives to practise body suspension....

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Main Author: Katarzyna Kowal
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Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwa AGH 2016-12-01
Series:Studia Humanistyczne AGH
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Online Access:http://journals.bg.agh.edu.pl/STUDIA/2016.15.4/human.2016.15.4.73.pdf
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description The paper deals with the practice of body suspension, which is one of the forms of body play, initiated and popularized by the Modern Primitive movement. The empirical basis of the paper is the author’s own sociological research focused on the issue of individual motives to practise body suspension. The research sample consisted of people who have experienced body suspension several times (N = 30). Since grounded theory methodology was selected as the research strategy, the technique of free-form guided interview was used. The theoretical framework for empirical analyses was demarcated by joint, socio-cultural and at the same individual perspective on body perception, with the latter being the most important because of the chosen research strategy. The following motives for participation of the research subjects in body suspension practice emerged from the collected empirical material: to get to know their own bodies; to overcome the limitations of the body; to exercise the right of ownership of the body; to work with the body; to experience a different state of consciousness; to reach spiritual and corporeal ecstasy; to promote neo-primitivist trend of body suspension. In thus described motives for body suspension, the body appears to be a source of knowledge and experience, place of control, object of ownership, source of pleasure, and above all – the centre of identity.
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spelling doaj.art-11ec1d08843b4b508047d3ce8cccc3752023-09-02T07:14:48ZengWydawnictwa AGHStudia Humanistyczne AGH2084-33642084-33642016-12-01154739810.7494/human.2016.15.4.73W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCEKatarzyna Kowal0Akademia im. Jana Długosza w CzęstochowieThe paper deals with the practice of body suspension, which is one of the forms of body play, initiated and popularized by the Modern Primitive movement. The empirical basis of the paper is the author’s own sociological research focused on the issue of individual motives to practise body suspension. The research sample consisted of people who have experienced body suspension several times (N = 30). Since grounded theory methodology was selected as the research strategy, the technique of free-form guided interview was used. The theoretical framework for empirical analyses was demarcated by joint, socio-cultural and at the same individual perspective on body perception, with the latter being the most important because of the chosen research strategy. The following motives for participation of the research subjects in body suspension practice emerged from the collected empirical material: to get to know their own bodies; to overcome the limitations of the body; to exercise the right of ownership of the body; to work with the body; to experience a different state of consciousness; to reach spiritual and corporeal ecstasy; to promote neo-primitivist trend of body suspension. In thus described motives for body suspension, the body appears to be a source of knowledge and experience, place of control, object of ownership, source of pleasure, and above all – the centre of identity.http://journals.bg.agh.edu.pl/STUDIA/2016.15.4/human.2016.15.4.73.pdfsocjologia ciałapodwieszanie ciałamodyfi kacje ciałamotywy podwieszania ciałatożsamość
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W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCE
Studia Humanistyczne AGH
socjologia ciała
podwieszanie ciała
modyfi kacje ciała
motywy podwieszania ciała
tożsamość
title W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCE
title_full W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCE
title_fullStr W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCE
title_full_unstemmed W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCE
title_short W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. INDYWIDUALNE MOTYWY PODWIESZANIA CIAŁA PRAKTYKOWANEGO WSPÓŁCZEŚNIE W POLSCE
title_sort w poszukiwaniu siebie indywidualne motywy podwieszania ciala praktykowanego wspolczesnie w polsce
topic socjologia ciała
podwieszanie ciała
modyfi kacje ciała
motywy podwieszania ciała
tożsamość
url http://journals.bg.agh.edu.pl/STUDIA/2016.15.4/human.2016.15.4.73.pdf
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