“The Body As A Floating Signifier”

Ready for some sociology? Here’s Shiv Visvanathan on Aaja Nachle:

Let me rephrase the script sociologically. In India, today, two events have a dramatic quality as social facts. One is the growth of the small town as the agent of globalisation, and the second is the explosion of the body and its fragmentation. The body as a floating signifier includes the body of the beauty contest, the body as organ, the sexual body of the new generation and the bonded body of tradition, all seeking to define the body politic.

Sigh.

Earlier:

The Nude Bodies of Ranbir Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan
Dave Barry on Sociology