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Unbearable weight: feminism, Western culture, and the body
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ♭1993.
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1 online resource (x, 361 pages) : illustrations
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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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Bordo, S. (1993). Unbearable weight: feminism, Western culture, and the body. Berkeley, University of California Press.

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Bordo, Susan, 1947-. 1993. Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. Berkeley, University of California Press.

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Bordo, Susan, 1947-, Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1993.

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Bordo, Susan. Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1993.

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0585041172, 9780585041179

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and index.
Description
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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