一滴學英文（五）《Tightening the Bonds of Beauty》

Summary In the article "Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty", Deborah A. Sullivan, who is the sociology professor at Arizona State University and the co-author of Labor Pains: Modern Midwives and Home Birth, points out that the concept of "social body" has evolved in the context of social and cultural change. After providing a brief overview of the social nature of bodies, Deborah illustrates that body customs play an important role in society because the body can be used to imply power, status, social identity, and group membership. Furthermore, body customs affect modern societies as well.

讀書摘要：在 "Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty"一文中，亞利桑那州立大學的社會學教授、《產痛》一書的作者之一黛博拉-沙利文（Deborah A. Sullivan）指出，"社會身體 "的概念是在社會和文化變化的背景下發展起來的。在簡要介紹了身體的社會性質後，黛博拉說明身體習俗在社會中發揮著重要作用，因為身體可以被用來暗示權力、地位、社會身份和團體成員。此外，身體習俗也影響著現代社會。