"'Political Economy' of the Body" - Quote Responses

1. This quote is saying that the human body is directly connected to politics. The more power or confidence you have in yourself then the more you can accomplish. Sometimes depending on your ethnicity or color of your skin you have more or less power. For example, African Americans were most commonly slaves, and people of other races, more specifically white people, looked down upon African Americans just because of their race and many white people thought they were better than African Americans just because of their skin color. People who mark up their bodies with tattoos and piercings are sometimes seen as dirty and bad.

2. The body is only useful when it is being productive or doing something helpful for itself or others. It is good when the body has some sort of power over someone else, or can dominate over someone else. It is also useful when you are forced to do something that you don't want to do so you can learn something from it.