Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Leslie Heywood, Susan Bordo
Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

Leslie Heywood, Susan Bordo

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

Leslie Heywood, Susan Bordo

361 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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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