Unbearable Weight by Susan Bordo
Analyzes issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more.
"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 *
"Original, stimulating, and witty." * San Francisco Chronicle *
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).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520240544 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520240545 |
| Title | Unbearable Weight |
| Author | Susan Bordo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2004-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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