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Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
Susan Bordo
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Description for Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
Paperback. Analyzes issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more. Num Pages: 398 pages, 55 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666. Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. 398 pages, 55 b&w photographs. Analyzes issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight: 644.
'"Unbearable Weight" is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more - in a way that makes sense of our current social landscape - finally! This is a great book for anyone who wonders why women's magazines are always describing delicious food as 'sinful' and why there is a cake called Death by Chocolate. Loved it' - Katha Pollitt, "Nation" columnist and author of "Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents ... Read more
'"Unbearable Weight" is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more - in a way that makes sense of our current social landscape - finally! This is a great book for anyone who wonders why women's magazines are always describing delicious food as 'sinful' and why there is a cake called Death by Chocolate. Loved it' - Katha Pollitt, "Nation" columnist and author of "Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520240544
SKU
V9780520240544
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About Susan Bordo
Susan Bordo is Singletary Chair in the Humanities and Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Kentucky. She is the author of The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private (1999), and Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J. (California, 1997).
Reviews for Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
"This excellent study links the fear of women’s fat with a fear of women’s power and shows that as opportunities for women increase, their bodies dwindle."
New York Times
"Original, stimulating, and witty."
San Francisco Chronicle
New York Times
"Original, stimulating, and witty."
San Francisco Chronicle