Unbearable weight: feminism, Western culture, and the body

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Bordo, Susan, 1947-

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xxxviii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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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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From the Book - 10th anniversary ed
Foreword : reading Bordo / Leslie Heywood
In the empire of images : preface to the tenth anniversary edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction : feminism, Western culture, and the body
pt. 1. Discourses and conceptions of the body
Whose body is this? : feminism, medicine, and the conceptualization of eating disorders
Are mothers persons? : reproductive rights and the politics of subject-ivity
Hunger as ideology
pt. 2. The slender body and other cultural forms
Anorexia nervosa : psychopathology as the crystallization of culture
The body and the reproduction of femininity
Reading the slender body
pt. 3. Postmodern bodies
Feminism, postmodernism, and gender skepticism
"Material girl" : the effacements of postmodern culture
Postmodern subjects, postmodern bodies, postmodern resistance.
From the Ebsco Academic (CMC) eBook
Foreword: Reading Bordo / Leslie Heywood --
In the Empire of Images: Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition --
Discourses and Conceptions of the Body --
Whose Body Is This? Feminism, Medicine, and the Conceptualization of Eating Disorders --
Are Mothers Persons? Reproductive Rights and the Politics of Subject-ivity --
Hunger as Ideology --
The Slender Body and Other Cultural Forms --
Anorexia Nervosa: Psychopathology as the Crystallization of Culture --
The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity --
Reading the Slender Body --
Postmodern Bodies --
Feminism, Postmodernism, and Gender Skepticism --
"Material Girl": The Effacements of Postmodern Culture --
Postmodern Subjects, Postmodern Bodies, Postmodern Resistance.
From the Ebsco eBooks (CMC) eBook
Foreword: Reading Bordo / Leslie Heywood --
In the Empire of Images: Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition --
Discourses and Conceptions of the Body --
Whose Body Is This? Feminism, Medicine, and the Conceptualization of Eating Disorders --
Are Mothers Persons? Reproductive Rights and the Politics of Subject-ivity --
Hunger as Ideology --
The Slender Body and Other Cultural Forms --
Anorexia Nervosa: Psychopathology as the Crystallization of Culture --
The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity --
Reading the Slender Body --
Postmodern Bodies --
Feminism, Postmodernism, and Gender Skepticism --
"Material Girl": The Effacements of Postmodern Culture --
Postmodern Subjects, Postmodern Bodies, Postmodern Resistance.

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Beaute? fe?minine (Esthe?tique)
Beaute? fe?minine (Esthe?tique) -- E?tats-Unis
Beauté féminine (Esthétique)
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) -- États-Unis
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Body image -- United States
Corps humain
Corps humain -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
Critique fe?ministe
Critique fe?ministe -- E?tats-Unis
Critique féministe
Critique féministe -- États-Unis
Discrimination & Race Relations
Electronic books
Estime de soi chez la femme
Estime de soi chez la femme -- E?tats-Unis
Estime de soi chez la femme -- États-Unis
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- United States
Feminisme
Feminismus
Feminist criticism
Feminist criticism -- United States
Frau
Human Body
Human body -- Social aspects
Human body -- Social aspects -- United States
Human Body -- sociology
Image du corps
Image du corps -- E?tats-Unis
Image du corps -- États-Unis
Ko?rper
Kulturanthropologie
Körper
Lichaamsattitude
Lichamelijkheid
Menselijk lichaam
Minority Studies
Postmodernisme
Scho?nheit
Schoonheidsideaal
Schönheit
Self-esteem in women
Self-esteem in women -- United States
Social aspects
Sociale aspecten
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
Sociology
United States
Vrouwen

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