Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls (Turtleback) - Joan Jacobs Brumberg • BookLikes (ISBN:0606187367)

Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls (Turtleback)

by: Joan Jacobs Brumberg (author)

Format: Turtleback

ISBN: 9780606187367 (0606187367)

Publish date: April 1st 1998

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Edition language: English

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Non Fiction, History, Feminism, Parenting, Sociology, Psychology, Womens, Gender, Gender Studies, Womens Studies

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Project Bookworm rated it

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Actual Rating: 2.5 StarsIn this book, Brumberg examines the one hundred years of history between 1895 and 1995, and how society’s attitude has changed toward young women. She asks the question, even though we are now free of corsets and have more rights, do we really have it any better than our Vict...

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

12 years ago

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Interesting in some areas, in particular when dealing with menstruation, but it loses something towards the end.

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A Book and A Review #2 rated it

14 years ago

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This book was unbelievable. It was a fascinating account of the impact of societal influence of women in from the late 1800's to today. When a manager in my library had suggested I read the book, raised an eyebrow at her and said "What the heck?". Boy, am I glad I did. At the time I was reading this...

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