About this title: Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you'll find few women who haven't been fried, dyed, plucked, or tucked. In short, you'll see no body outlaws. The writers in this groundbreaking anthology reveal a world where bodies come in all their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue on body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality, and powerissues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. Body Outlaws offers stories by those who have chosen to ignore, subvert, or redefine the ...
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Description: Very Good. 1580051081 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Seal Press 2003
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781580051088ISBN:1580051081
Description: ISBN 1580051081. Trade Paperback. Tight sound Reading copy only due to entire length of the spine has been reinforced with black cloth library tape, but this has been nicely done and does not look all that bad, interior hinges reinforced with white cloth library tape. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Seal Pr
Date Published: 2003-12-01
ISBN-13:9781580051088ISBN:1580051081
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781580051088. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781580051088ISBN:1580051081
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. New Soft cover. Book is from Bookstore Inventory: Book might have a Remainder mark, Minor Edge wear, Hint of Page edge soiling. Book has been Displayed: NOTE: Fill/R. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 365 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 2 EXP UPD
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: SEAL PRESS
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781580051088ISBN:1580051081
Description: New. Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you'll find few women who haven't been fried, dyed, plucked, or tucked. In short, you'll see no body outlaws. The writers in this groundbreaking anthology reveal a world where bodies come in all their many-sple... read more
"Think you're an outcast from society? This book is a series of essays from a vast array of women regarding body image and identity issues. They are transgendered and wheelchaired. They have big butts, big noses, and big mouths. Their skin is too light, too brown, or too pimply. They are inspirational writers, and people.
Nearly every essay had at least a few sentences that I thought were speaking directly to me.
Here's an excerpt from an essay about the author's lifelong hatred for Barbie dolls: ...I now clearly recognize what I only sensed as a child. This "pop artifact" is an icon of Aryanism. Introduced after the second world war, in the conservatism of the Eisenhower era (and rumored to be modeled after a German prostitute by a man who designed nuclear warheads), Barbies, in their "innocent," "apolitical" cutesiness, propagate the ideals of the Third Reich. They ultimately succeed where Hitler failed: they instill in legions of little girls a preference for whiteness, for blond hair, blue eyes and delicate features, for an impossible "überfigure, perched eternally and submissively in high heels. In the Cult of the Blond, Barbies are a cornerstone. They reach the young, and they reach them quickly..."
"Definitely one of my more enjoyable feminist/body image reads. This is a collection of essays written by women of color, lesbians, strippers, and academics. To name a few. All of these are women resisting the societal expectations of the perfect woman. There were several essays that made me face my own unreasonable expectations, and recognize the limits I place on myself and others.
Like any book of essays from a variety of authors, some were stronger than others. And with any group of essays on such a personal topic there were certainly some that I couldn't relate to and others that hit me head on. But all of them were a pleasure to read, and challenged me without beating concepts like a dead horse.
"Body Outlaws is a challenging book. I think it challenges women to think differently about their body issues, the issues of the women around them, and to look at the structures in place that are designed to make women feel insecure. Also, while a reader might not love every chapter, I think there's a chapter in the book for everyone. It addresses being a woman of color, the choice to not shave, being thin, being fat, tattoos, modeling, food, and ethnic features.
It's well written, and while I might not agree with every chapter, I haven't known anyone who has read it that didn't get something from it, which is rare and wonderful itself."
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