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culto a la imagen

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Spanish term or phrase:culto a la imagen
English translation:obsession with beauty
Entered by: Kelhara Translations

18:10 Feb 29, 2008
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Spanish term or phrase: culto a la imagen
preoccupation with one's external appearance
Kelhara Translations
Spain
Local time: 03:33


Summary of answers provided
4 +8cult of appearance
Claudia Pesce
4 +1cult of the image
Lisa McCarthy
4 +1cult of body image/body image cult
Anne Smith Campbell
3 +1obsession with outward appearance
ormiston
4image worship
Henry Hinds


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
cult of appearance


Explanation:
Suerte :D

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-02-29 18:17:57 GMT)
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Encontré esto:

Amazon.co.uk: The Empire of Fashion: Dressing Modern Democracy ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]... Gilles Lipovetsky draws on the history of fashion to demonstrate that the modern cult of appearance and superficiality actually serves the common good. ...
www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Fashion-Dressing-Democracy-Thought/... - 125k - En caché - Páginas similares

The Self as Image: A Critical Appraisal of Postmodern Theories of ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]... complicity with our contemporary culture of the spectacle which privileges the cult of appearance over all other sources of identity formation. ...
tcs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/3/99


Blogit > A Sideways Look Through a Jaundiced Eye: The Cult of ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]The Cult of Appearance. Obsession with appearance has reached an unhealthy level. Less than gorgeous (according to media brainwashing standards), ...
www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Scribit1013/91374 - 15k - En caché - Páginas similares

BBC - BBC Four Storyville - The Importance of Being Elegant: Interview- [ Traduzca esta página ]What's interesting about these guys is that on the one hand they're very much about showing off and about being seen - it's the cult of appearance - but on ...
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/elegant-inte...

Y hay más...............

Claudia Pesce
Argentina
Local time: 22:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.): Cult of personal appearance
4 mins
  -> Sí, iba a poner "cult of (personal) appearance" y me olvidé. ¡Gracias!
agree  Patrice
6 mins
  -> Mil gracias, Patrice :D
agree  Expialidocio (X)
20 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, CherryPie:D
agree  Sandra Rodriguez
24 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Sandra :D
agree  Egmont
2 hrs
  -> Una vez más, gracias :)
agree  Ana L Fazio-Kroll
4 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Laura :D
agree  Bubo Coroman (X)
10 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Deborah :D
agree  alizestarfir (X)
10 hrs
  -> Una vez más, gracias :)
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cult of the image


Explanation:
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-02-29 18:19:17 GMT)
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In the subject of weight and food, all our most pressing concerns converge: genetics versus environment, free will versus determinism, celebrity and the **cult of the image**.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,868601,00...





Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 03:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patrice
8 mins
  -> thanks Patrice!
neutral  ormiston: cult of THE image does not sound English to me. I agree the article is very nicely written but still feel that the the sounds odd
48 mins
  -> But it is English - it's mentioned on various English sites and my note above is taken from a reputable national newspaper!
neutral  Jim Tucker (X): ultimately I agree that this could work - just want to point out that the context you quote above is specifically in reference to a *celebrity's* image (might not be exclusively physical, for example)// It probably says that even if I don't read it.
17 hrs
  -> if you read the article,it's about the desire to be thin (therefore related to appearance), not about people wanting to look like celebrities!!
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
obsession with outward appearance


Explanation:
I presume this is from the same text as the other posting. I know this has a slightly critical slant but it might fit the tone.....

ormiston
Local time: 03:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victoria Porter-Burns:
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
image worship


Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 19:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 132

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  John Cutler: This is a question about social science not religion. Image worship sounds like something pagans would do, jajajaj
1 hr
  -> I think the term can well be applied here also, I see nothing wrong with that!
agree  Ana L Fazio-Kroll: Henry, I think you are "right on the money". And I would even say "SELF-WORSHIP". La palabra "culto" es ya una expresion religiosa, y worship es la traduccion que mas se le acerca. Saludos!
3 hrs
  -> Gracias, Laura. "Self-worship" is the idea.
neutral  ormiston: agree with John that in EN this sounds like kneeling before images
19 hrs
  -> That is sort of the idea, people look at it differently but I feel it is quite appropriate.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cult of body image/body image cult


Explanation:
That's the way I've usually come accross the term to refer to body (fat, thin) or beauty (cult of beauty)... the term includes the "everything" in the body, the whole appeareance.

Just another idea.

Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sp-EnTranslator
8 hrs
  -> Thank you CloHoHo-Claudia!
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