| Description |
xii, 299 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. The Social Construction of Women's Bodies. 1. A History of Women's Bodies / Rose Weitz. 2. Believing is Seeing: Biology as Ideology / Judith Lorber. 3. Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power / Sandra Lee Bartky. 4. Women and Medicalization: A New Perspective / Catherine Kohler Riessman -- Pt. 2. The Politics of Sexuality. 5. From the "Muscle Moll" to the "Butch" Ballplayer: Mannishness, Lesbianism, and Homophobia in U.S. Women's Sports / Susan K. Cahn. 6. Menarche and the (Hetero)sexualization of the Female Body / Janet Lee. 7. Daring to Desire: Culture and the Bodies of Adolescent Girls / Deborah L. Tolman. 8. Selling Hot Pussy: Representations of Black Female Sexuality in the Cultural Marketplace / Bell Hooks -- Pt. 3. The Politics of Appearance. 9. Women and Their Hair: Seeking Power Through Resistance and Accommodation / Rose Weitz. 10. Breasted Experience: The Look and the Feeling / Iris Marion Young. 11. Women and the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery and the Colonization of Women's Bodies / Kathryn Pauly Morgan. 12. Medicalization of Racial Features: Asian-American Women and Cosmetic Surgery / Eugenia Kaw. 13. Mirror Mirror / Marcia Ann Gillespie. 14. Casing My Joints: A Private and Public Story of Arthritis / Mary Lowenthal Felstiner -- Pt. 4. Politics, Bodies, and Behavior. 15. Becoming a Gendered Body: Practices of Preschools / Karin A. Martin. 16. "Holding Back": Negotiating a Glass Ceiling on Women's Muscular Strength / Shari L. Dworkin. 17. Till Death Us Do Part / Margo Wilson and Martin Daly. 18. Meno-Boomers and Moral Guardians: An Exploration of the Cultural Construction of Menopause / Joy Webster Barbre. 19. The Future of Reproductive Choice for Poor Women and Women of Color / Dorothy E. Roberts. 20. "Fetal Rights": A New Assault on Feminism / Katha Pollitt.'s 2001 history |
| Summary |
"The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior, 2/e, brings together recent critical writings in this important field, covering such diverse topics as the sources of eating disorders, the nature of lesbianism, and the consequences of violence against women. With the exception of two classic articles, all pieces were published in the last decade, and one-quarter of the selections are new to the second edition."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Human body -- Political aspects.
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Human body -- Social aspects.
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Women -- Psychology.
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Women -- Physiology.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Women -- psychology.
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Human Body.
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Body Image.
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Politics.
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Sexuality.
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Psychology, Social.
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| Author |
Weitz, Rose, 1952-
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| LC no. |
2002066287 |
| ISBN |
0195149777 alkaline paper |
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