Geek Love Amputation Of Limbs Analysis

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Geek Love uses parallel structures between the medical procedures and present-day establishments, like bodybuilding. Furthermore, like the commercials, movies, and surgical enhancements. Even though Arty criticizes the mass media, his authentic freakishness calls for duplication of an ideal model rather than new innovations for thinking out of the box. The amputation of limbs relates to several modern cultural institutions, such as diet industry, cosmetic surgery, and bodybuilding. This form of escapism from the norm is evident in many aspects of culture today it just concentrations on the body at the cost of more cultural norms, which are not approaches for change. The cult is similar to the health industries today, such as bodybuilding for

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