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Susan Bordo
Susan Bordo is known for the clarity, accessibility, and contemporary relevance of her writing. Her first book, The Flight to Objectivity, has become a classic of feminist philosophy. In 1993, increasingly aware of our culture's preoccupation with weight and body image, she published Unbearable... show more

Susan Bordo is known for the clarity, accessibility, and contemporary relevance of her writing. Her first book, The Flight to Objectivity, has become a classic of feminist philosophy. In 1993, increasingly aware of our culture's preoccupation with weight and body image, she published Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, a book that is still widely read and assigned in classes today. During speaking tours for that book, she encountered many young men who asked, "What about us?" The result was The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private (1999). Both books were highly praised by reviewers, with Unbearable Weight named a 1993 Notable Book by the New York Times and The Male Body featured in Mademoiselle, Elle, Vanity Fair, NPR, and MSNBC. Both books have been translated into many languages, and individual chapters, many of which are considered paradigms of lucid writing, are frequently re-printed in collections and writing textbooks. Her newest book, The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in April, 2013. A British edition was published in Janurary 2014 from Oneworld publishing. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband, daughter, three dogs, two cats, two cockatiels, and teaches humanities at the University of Kentucky. For more information on The Creation of Anne Boleyn, come visit the book website: www.thecreationofanneboleyn.com. For news articles, contests, and interesting conversation with others, join her book facebook page: www.facebook.com/thecreationofanneboleyn.
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Modern Reader
Modern Reader rated it 10 years ago
The topic of body image and its associated behaviors are efficiently preluded on the first page of Susan Bordo’s book through Delmore Schwartz’s poem The Heavy Bear. It introduces the dualism of the body; how it is both our being as well as an inescapable pest. It expounds on the idea that the body...
Contagious Reads
Contagious Reads rated it 12 years ago
This book is one that will always stay with me. I still recall it as one of my favorite texts from a class I took with my mentor. I found the first half of the book more readable than the last half.
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