BOOKS by Susan Bordo

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, & the Body more books like this

by Susan Bordo

Fantastic study of women and their bodies. When originally published in 1993, it made NYT Notable Books of the Year. This 10th anniversary edition has a new preface by the author plus a foreword by Leslie Haywood, feminist scholar superstar, an authority on women athletes and body builders.

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The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private more books like this

by Susan Bordo

In this surprising and candid cultural analysis of men in public and private life, Bordo begins with a frank and tender look at her own father's body and goes on to perceptively scrutinize the presentation of maleness in everyday life. 45 photos throughout.

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Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J. more books like this

by Susan Bordo

An examination of the shades of meaning contained in everyday symbols and images. Bordo, a professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky, maintains that the ubiquitous images of any modern society--the advertising slogans, fashions, popular expressions, etc.--give the truest insight into its communal beliefs and character.

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Gender/Body/Knowledge: Feminist Reconstructions of Being and Knowing more books like this

by Alison M. Jaggar (Editor), Susan R. Bordo (Editor)

The essays in this interdisciplinary collection share the conviction that modern western paradigms of knowledge and reality are gender-biased. Some contributors challenge and revise western conceptions of the body as the domain of the biological and 'natural, ' the enemy of reason, typically associated with women.

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Flight to Objectivity: Essays on Cartesianism and Culture more books like this

by Susan R. Bordo

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Unbearable Weight more books like this

by Susan Bordo

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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Twilight Zones: Hidden Life of Cultural Images Plato to Oj more books like this

by Susan Bordo

An examination of the shades of meaning contained in everyday symbols and images. Bordo, a professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky, maintains that the ubiquitous images of any modern society--the advertising slogans, fashions, popular expressions, etc.--give the truest insight into its communal beliefs and character.

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The Flight to Objectivity: Essays in Cartesianism & Culture more books like this

by Susan R. Bordo

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Feminist Interp. Descartes - CL more books like this

by Susan Bordo, Susan Bardo (Editor)

"This is a superb collection that will expand the parameters of debate over Descartes's legacy for a long time to come. It includes discussions of multiple themes: the implications of Descartes's epistemology for feminists and feminist epistemology, the implications of his metaphysics for social constructions of women, the historical context of ...

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Feminist Interp. Descartes - Ppr more books like this

by Susan Bardo, Susan Bordo

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