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Unbearable Weight : Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520088832

ISBN-139780520088832

eBay Product ID (ePID)310937

Product Key Features

Book TitleUnbearable Weight : Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

Number of Pages362 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFeminist, Gender Studies, Aesthetics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Personality, Political, Personal Growth / Self-Esteem

Publication Year1995

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Philosophy, Social Science, Self-Help, Psychology

AuthorSusan Bordo

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN92-041582

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal305.42

SynopsisIn 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., Fantastic study of women and their bodies. When originally published in 1993, it made NYT Notable Books of the Year. This 10th anniversary edition has a new preface by the author plus a foreword by Leslie Haywood, feminist scholar superstar, an authority on women athletes and body builders.