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Susan Bordo

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture And The Body

University of California Press (Mar 15, 1995)

9780520088832

| Paperback

362 pages | 152 x 224 mm | English

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Dewey 305.42

Subject

Body Image/ United States
Body, Human
Body, Human/ Social Aspects/ United States
Feminine Beauty (Aesthetics)
Feminine Beauty (Aesthetics)/ United States

Plot

In this provocative book, 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.