Unbearable weight

Description:

In this Tenth Anniversary Edition, Susan Bordo examines how women's fantasies of transcending their material existence have led to narcissistic efforts to reinvent themselves. Infatuated with youth, surrounded by homogenous representations of beauty, they surrender themselves to plastic surgeons in ever greater numbers for larger breasts, smaller noses, collagen-plumped lips and wrinkle-free faces. The author's preface brings the book up to date in 2003 and Leslie Heywood's foreword places Susan Bordo's work in the front ranks of the research on women and their bodies.

subjects: Body image,  Feminine beauty (Aesthetics),  Feminist criticism,  Human Body,  Self-esteem in women,  Social aspects of the Human body,  Eating disorders,  Image du corps,  Postmodernisme,  Feminismus,  Lichamelijkheid,  Critique féministe,  Kulturanthropologie,  Feminisme,  Schönheit,  Frau,  Lichaamsattitude,  Beauté féminine (Esthétique),  Körper,  Estime de soi chez la femme,  Human body, social aspects,  Sociology,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Discrimination & Race Relations,  Minority Studies,  Social aspects

Places: United States