‘When the body speaks back’ : Socialization of body-mind
dualism in body memories of Cold War childhoods

J 2023

‘When the body speaks back’ : Socialization of body-mind dualism in body memories of Cold War childhoods

KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Beatrice SCUTARU and Zsuzsa MILLEI

Basic information

Original name

‘When the body speaks back’ : Socialization of body-mind dualism in body memories of Cold War childhoods

Name in Czech

´Když tělo reaguje´ : Projevy socializace dualismu těla a duše v tělesných vzpomínkách na dětství v období Studené války

Authors

KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Beatrice SCUTARU (642 Romania) and Zsuzsa MILLEI (348 Hungary)

Edition

Journal of Childhood, Education and Society, Istanbul, Journal of Childhood, Education and Society, 2023, 2717-638X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

Turkey

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Periodikum online

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/23:00131428

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.37291/2717638X.202342278

Keywords (in Czech)

Dětství; kolektivní biografie; dualismus těla a duše; studená válka

Keywords in English

Cold War memories; Childhood; Collective biography; Mind and body dualism; Embodied mind; Mindful body

Abstract

V originále

Studies focusing on East Central Europe have generously explored collective memory (lieux de mémoire, monuments, ceremonies) and nostalgia for a past regime, but rarely have they examined memories as carried in child bodies. In this paper, we analyze selected Cold War childhood memories to explore events in which children’s bodies seemingly act out of control. As a part of socialization, children are taught to consciously control their bodies to fit in the societies they have been born to. With learning to control the body, children also learn that bodies are separate from their minds and that their minds can govern and regiment their body. However, bodies also slip up, avert, or simply remain unaffected by these attempts, in a way ‘speaking back’ to regulating forces, thus troubling the modernist assumption of the separation between the mind and body. The aim of the paper is to show the complexities and limits of socialist or any modern(ist) forms of socialization in which the concerted efforts of the mind are mobilized to govern the body. Moreover, the discussion of body memory and the highlighted mechanisms of how socialization efforts create bodily memories adds to our understanding of the effects of pedagogical intentions in education.

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KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Beatrice SCUTARU and Zsuzsa MILLEI. ‘When the body speaks back’ : Socialization of body-mind dualism in body memories of Cold War childhoods. Journal of Childhood, Education and Society. Istanbul: Journal of Childhood, Education and Society, 2023, vol. 4, No 2, p. 142-155. ISSN 2717-638X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.37291/2717638X.202342278.

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KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Beatrice SCUTARU and Zsuzsa MILLEI. ‘When the body speaks back’ : Socialization of body-mind dualism in body memories of Cold War childhoods. \textit{Journal of Childhood, Education and Society}. Istanbul: Journal of Childhood, Education and Society, 2023, vol.~4, No~2, p.~142-155. ISSN~2717-638X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.37291/2717638X.202342278.

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