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September 28, 2005
Mimesis, Social Construction->Imitation
The society consists of people. Within that certain society, people have stereotypical norms and values. Different society have different means. Every individual in the society use language, images, and materials to express themselves. For example, if I walked down the Newbury St., there will be at least one Designer's apparel such as bags, purses, shoes, glasses on someone. Immeadetly after I see it, I understand from images and advertisements that I have been receiving since coming to America that those people are wealthy, or at least they are not poor. People use various materials (clothes, cars, accessories)to represent their identities. If I had same experience in Mongolia, before I got familiar with brand names, the bags from Louis Vutton wouldn't make any meaning or difference than that of purses from Mongolia.
As I was an individual in a different society, I have nearly never received those representations of high quality material objects, therefore it didn't make any sense to me. Now I wouldn't say that I am living in different world, but I am living in broader and richer world just because there are many more representations of this (American) society in my mind. The images that I see everyday are part of American culture, they imitate this society.
Posted by lcisbold at September 28, 2005 03:51 PM