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Unbearable Weight Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

Paperback • 2004 • English

Unbearable Weight Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

By Susan Bordo

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"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...Show more

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ISBN

9780520240544

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Unbearable Weight Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

Format

Paperback

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