About this title: 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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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2000-07-15
ISBN-13:9780374527327ISBN:0374527326
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Description: 0374280657 EXCELLENT CONDITION, Looks Brand New. Both hardcovers and dust jacket are FINE, showing NO discernible wear. Pages are pristine, NO highlighting or markings in text. Overall condition of this book is LIKE NEW. Shipping same day. 100% guarantee. read more
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Description: Very good. By Susan Bordo; ISBN: 0374280657; Pub. : Farrar Straus & Giroux (T); Pub. Date: 1999-05; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 21.6 oz.; Hardcover. Very minor wrinkles at edges of dust jacket (no tears). Minor wear on cover. Minor discoloration on end of pages as seen when book is closed. All else is very good. We ship daily! The Rogue Valley Media Exchange (RVME) is owned and operated by the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library (RVML), which is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization. by Susan Bordo; ... read more
"I can almost positively say I have never read or thought about the penis as I have in the last week. Usually I can find a focal point that sticks with me in my reading however Professor Bordo's writing floods the mind with information, imagery, and because I am male reflection as well. I appreciate the difference she highlights between the phallus and the penis. The phallus in ancient times was a highly spiritual symbol and often represented by the sword or dagger while the counterpart the vagina was a cup. The sword is like many images Bordo named hard and erect the counter symbol the cup open. These are spiritual symbols of fertility more then sex, while in ancient spiritually sex for pleasure was not given the negativity it would acquire with the western world after Judeo-Christian believes took hold. I grew up in urban neighborhoods that had a mix of cultures and I don't remember the slang or reference for machismo having as much a focus on the penis as it did on the testicles. "He's got balls" or similar refrains were popular, men who had large families earned a kind of respect for being virile. I did appreciate that men were also somewhat subjected to the junk cultural brainwashing inflicted on women as in the last decade we became the Viagra nation. Professor Bordo's comparisons between male anatomy and machines were interesting in this context as men now sought to perform and be potent in bed. If a man perceives him self as his penis and he experiences impotence, I would imagine this would be a large internal crisis that compounds itself by its nature as the more depression and anxiety it causes the worse the problem could become. I think if there is only one thing we all learn from this book it is the fact we are not our penis or our breast. We are not how thin we are or how muscular, we are what we are upstairs hidden from others scrutiny."
"Yes, my dears, the book talks about penises and phalli (and their difference). But not only that! Thighs, breasts, hocks, and haunches are dealt with in a delightfully mischievous tone that evokes the author's childhood obsessions, including the Marilyn Monroe calendar hidden away in the back of her father's sock drawer. Aside from an old-hat definition of culture as imaginative work, here you will find quite the exploration of the American substratum of the human species that happens to have little (depends who you ask I guess) poles sticking out between the legs. A cultural history for those who are curious about when men got so naked and complicated."
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