Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo, Leslie Heywood

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

Susan Bordo, Leslie Heywood

400 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"Unbearable Weight is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless (!) prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body—weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertis...

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Moods

informative 100%
challenging 80%
reflective 60%
dark 40%
emotional 40%
hopeful 20%
inspiring 20%
sad 20%

Pace

medium 83%
slow 16%

Average rating

4.17

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