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Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory

by Katie Conboy

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Drawn from a broad range of disciplines, Writing on the Body explores the tensions between women's lived bodily experiences and the cultural meanings inscribed on the female body. Complemented by the editors' introduction, Writing on the Body is a comprehensive sourcebook on the major theoretical positions and critical trends surrounding the female body.

Synopsis:

In many fields, the body is the topic generating exciting new research and interdisciplinary inquiry. Feminist theorists, in particular, have focused on the female body as the site where representations of difference and identity are inscribed. Drawn from a broad range of disciplines, Writing on the Body explores the tensions between women's lived bodily experiences and the cultural meanings inscribed on the female body. The volume includes classic and contemporary essays on rape, pornography, eroticism, anorexia, body building, menstruation, and maternity, and challenges racial, class and sexual categories. Complemented by the editors' introduction, Writing on the Body is a comprehensive sourcebook on the major theoretical positions and critical trends surrounding the female body.

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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.

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About the Author

Katie Conboy is associate professor of English at Stonehill College. Nadia Medina is lecturer in the department of English and director of the Academic Resource Center at Tufts University. Sarah Stanbury is associate professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross.

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ISBN:

9780231105453

Editor:

Stanbury, Sarah

Author:

Medina, Nadia

Author:

Conboy, Katie

Author:

Stanbury, Sarah

Publisher:

Columbia University Press

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Women's Studies

Subject:

Feminism & Feminist Theory

Subject:

History, criticism and surveys

Subject:

Feminist

Subject:

Feminism and the arts

Subject:

Women in literature

Subject:

Sex in literature

Subject:

Feminist literary criticism

Subject:

Body, human, in literature

Subject:

Women's Studies - General

Subject:

Feminist Studies-General

Edition Number:

7

Edition Description:

Paperback

Series:

Gender & Culture

Series Volume:

no. 2, 1914

Publication Date:

19970431

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

384

Dimensions:

9.04x5.95x.99 in. 1.27 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by Ingram, In many fields, the body is the topic generating exciting new research and interdisciplinary inquiry. Feminist theorists, in particular, have focused on the female body as the site where representations of difference and identity are inscribed. Drawn from a broad range of disciplines, Writing on the Body explores the tensions between women's lived bodily experiences and the cultural meanings inscribed on the female body. The volume includes classic and contemporary essays on rape, pornography, eroticism, anorexia, body building, menstruation, and maternity, and challenges racial, class and sexual categories. Complemented by the editors' introduction, Writing on the Body is a comprehensive sourcebook on the major theoretical positions and critical trends surrounding the female body.

"Synopsis" by Libri, 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.