Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
In this provocative book, Susan Bordo untangles the myths, ideologies, and pathologies of the modern female body. Bordo explores our tortured fascination with food, hunger, desire, and control, and its effects on women's lives.
In this provocative book, Susan Bordo untangles the myths, ideologies, and pathologies of the modern female body. Bordo explores our tortured fascination with food, hunger, desire, and control, and its effects on women's lives.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780520088832 (0520088832)
Publish date: March 15th 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Feminism,
Culture,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Cultural Studies,
Theory,
Gender,
Gender Studies,
Womens Studies
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...
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