Unbearable Weight :Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
Unbearable Weight :Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
paperback
Published:
19 December, 2003
paperback
Published:
19 December, 2003
Standard worldwide delivery by
Mon, July 20 - Thu, July 23
Order within
0
Condition:
NEW
$37.53
RRP
$40.14
You save $2.61 (7%)
Available
1
in stock
FREE Returns within 30 days
Popular Books by Susan Bordo
View All Books by Susan Bordo
Description
'"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 on Women, Politics, and Culture" (2001).
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780520240544 |
| ISBN10 | 0520240545 |
| Number Of Pages | 400 |
| Item Weight | 544 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 25 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | University of California Press |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
See More +
Media Reviews
"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 *
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
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).