The full article is in the 18/19 issue of Vanity Fair on newsstands on Wednesday 28 April 20121
The body was never left alone. With him we have waged a centuries-old battle to change him and control him second the wishes of the community. Why compliance is the ticket for all human groups.
I body code that have alternated in historical eras have meant that we always had to complain about how he appeared in his registry present, but also for his way of maturing: “Throughout the history of man, opposing models have also alternated” he explains Cristina Cassese, art historian specializing in cultural anthropology.
«For example, contrary to what happens today, once upon a time“ aging ”aesthetic practices were operated to be considered wiser, more fascinating or simply more fortunate for having exceeded the average age of mortality of one’s generation. At the court of Marie Antoinette, white wigs represented much more than an aesthetic quirk, even a message of authority and social status linked to positions of power. In our days, the exhibition of an elderly body related to the manifestation of sexual desire represents the last great taboo ».
As if desirability had an expiration date to be postponed as much as possible or at least preserved by camouflaging wrinkles and white hair. Because however much the beauty of the hair is praised silver, “Lay down the dye” and show oneself with gray hair appears as a gesture of surrender at the age of birth, if not an aesthetic declaration of entry into the not-so-noble club of “peace of mind”. How many times after all have we been told that we show less than our years, as if it were a compliment?
The complete interview is on the 18/19 issue of Vanity Fair on newsstands on Wednesday 28 April 20121
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