ISBN:
9780520919976
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0520919971
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0585054495
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9780585054490
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 279 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Twilight zones
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Popular culture Psychological aspects
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United States
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Consumers Attitudes
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United States
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Body image United States
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United States
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Popular culture Psychological aspects
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Consumers Attitudes
;
Body image
;
Body image
;
Consumers Attitudes
;
Popular culture Psychological aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Body image
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Consumers ; Attitudes
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Popular culture ; Psychological aspects
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Populaire cultuur
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Afbeeldingen (algemeen)
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Menselijk lichaam
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Konsumgesellschaft
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Pop-Kultur
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Braveheart, Babe, and the contemporary body -- P.C., O.J., and truth -- Never just pictures -- Can a woman harass a man? -- Bringing body to theory -- The feminist as other -- Missing kitchens / with Bonnie Klein and Marilyn K. Silverman.
Abstract:
Susan Bordo deciphers the hidden life of cultural images and the impact they have on our lives. She builds on the provocative themes introduced in her acclaimed work Unbearable Weight - which explores the social and political underpinnings of women's obsession with bodily image - to offer a singularly readable and perceptive interpretation of our image-saturated culture. As it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between appearance and reality, Bordo argues, we need to rehabilitate the notion that not all versions of reality are equally trustworthy. Looking to the body and bodily practices as an arena in which cultural fantasies and anxieties are played out, Bordo examines the mystique and the reality of empowerment through cosmetic surgery. Her incisive analysis of sexual harassment in the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill controversy, as well as in films such as Disclosure, challenges media-driven caricatures of sexuality. Bordo also sharply diagnoses the continuing marginalization of feminist thought, in particular the failure to read feminist work as cultural criticism. In a final powerful collaborative essay entitled "Missing Kitchens," Bordo and her sisters Binnie Klein and Marilyn Silverman explore notions of bodies, place, and space through a moving recreation of the topographies of their childhood
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index. - Description based on print version record
