""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.""--Amazon.com description
Susan Bordo Books
Susan Bordo is celebrated for the clarity, accessibility, and contemporary relevance of her writing. Her work primarily explores themes of body image, gender, and critical examinations of Western culture. Bordo possesses a remarkable ability to distill complex philosophical ideas into lucid and engaging prose, making her a significant author for readers interested in social theory and feminist philosophy. Her scholarship is valued for its intellectual depth and its capacity to resonate with current cultural conversations.
Power-hungry seductress... religious revolutionary... innocent victim... traitor - who was the real Anne Boleyn?
Twilight Zones
- 252 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Considering everything from Nike ads, amaciated models, and surgically altered breasts to the culture wars and the O.J. Simpson trial, author Susan Bordo deciphers the hidden life of cultural images and the impact they have on our lives. With compassion, honesty, and intelligence, Bordo questions the basis of our concepts of reality. 31 b&w photos.
"Personal memoir meets television history in a look back at how TV has changed, and how it has also changed us, over the past seven decades"-- Provided by publisher
