Culture Construction
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Why we get dressed? First reason of all, is culture.
The body is the way that the thoughts are expressed, that is, it’s possible to feel, see and enjoy different experiences through the body and create them also, for example, speaking, acting and interacting.
This whole idea is about expressing thoughts to acts and to live as human beings.
So, when transformations are worked over the body, they can be,
- necessary like surgeries or treatments
- desired like piercings or make up
these are the first steps to construct culture.
Example: When the baby is a girl, the room is pink, when it’s a boy the room is blue. The child has no choice, and it’s already placed into culture.
Example 2: Indians have a different culture, not what would be called “fashion” (although it is), they paint their face, and this painting means something. Since they had not been born thus, they are constructing their culture.
What is your content, what’s your package?
Since we don’t walk completely naked (as we were born), we are normally using desired transformations - that is everything that improves our appearance, so when choosing clothes, colors, whatever it is, we are affirming a culture.
When girls dress with tzniut, they are affirming the jewish culture. They are choosing skirts and blouses with long sleeves and through this they say they believe the Torah .
When you are choosing your clothes (or acts) you have the power to affirm something you believe, want it or not. Do you believe what you affirming?
Do you at least know what you believe?