Writing on the Body

Writing on the Body Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory - A Gender and Culture Reader

Hardback (08 May 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Exploring the tensions between women's lived bodily experiences and the cultural meanings inscribed on the female body, this volume----complete with editors' introduction----includes classic and contemporary essays on rape, pornography, eroticism, anorexia, body building, menstruation, and maternity, and challenges racial, class, and sexual categories.

Book information

ISBN: 9780231105446
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.4
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 444
Weight: 740g
Height: 150mm
Width: 226mm
Spine width: 29mm