BAD IDEAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: BODYISM

Record ID: 121693
  • Title: BAD IDEAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: BODYISM
  • Date: 15th February 1994
  • Summary: IN THIS PROGRAMME, THE NOVELIST ERICA JONG ATTACKS ALL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE PEOPLE CONFORM TO VARIOUS BODY TYPES AND THE LIFE-STYLES THAT GO WITH THEM. SHE ATTACKS THE BEAUTY, FASHION AND AND DIET INDUSTRIES FOR WHAT SHE CALLS "BODY FASCISM". SHE ARGUES THAT THESE INDUSTRIES, UNDER THE PRETENCE OF CARING FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, ARE ACTUALLY PURSUING A VENDETTA AGAINST WOMEN. THEY ARE FEARFUL OF WOMEN'S NEW LIBERTIES AND THEY ARE RESTRICTING THEM WITH UNSCIENTIFIC AND UNNATURAL VIEWS OF HOW PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, SHOULD LIVE. USING ARCHIVE RANGING FROM NAZI PROPAGANDA FILMS ABOUT THE "IDEAL WOMEN", TO CONTEMPORARY COMMERCIALS AND FITNESS VIDEOS AND IN LOCATIONS RANGING FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE ON ONE OF MANHATTAN'S BRIDGES TO AMERICA'S TOP HEALTH RESORT, ERICA JONG SHOWS HOW BODYISM HAS CREATED MISERY FOR MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND INCREASINGLY MEN TOO.
  • Description:GERMAINE GREER ON YOUTHISM,ERICA JONG ON BODYISM AND SOMEONE ON FREUDIANISM AS WE LOOK BACK ON SOME OF THE CENTURY'S MORE CONTENTIOUS CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Panoptic Productions Ltd.
  • Programme Episode:Episode 3
  • Transmission Date:15/02/1994
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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