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Bordo explores women's obsessions with appearance, their struggles to control food and hunger, and the pressures brought on by a society that worships the ideal female figure.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
New York Times Book Review
"This excellent study links the fear of women's fat with a fear of women's power and shows that as opportunities for women increase, their bodies dwindle." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Bordo explores women's obsessions with appearance, their struggles to control food and hunger, and the pressures brought on by a society that worships the ideal female figure.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
New York Times Book Review
"This excellent study links the fear of women's fat with a fear of women's power and shows that as opportunities for women increase, their bodies dwindle." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
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By the 1983 meetings of the New York Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia, palpable dissatisfaction was evident-largely among female clinicians-over the absence of any theoretical focus on gender issues.
By the 1983 meetings of the New York Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia, palpable dissatisfaction was evident-largely among female clinicians-over the absence of any theoretical focus on gender issues.