Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of ReviewsPublished 1 January 1995
Mimi Nichter, Susan Bordo
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Abstract
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.
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