The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality Appearance and Behavior

About this book

Since 1998 The Politics of Womens Bodies: Sexuality Appearance and Behavior has served as the premiere text in the area of women and the body. This revised and updated fourth edition brings together recent (and a few classic) critical writings in this important field. The selections reflect three themes: how ideas about womens bodies in the United States are socially constructed how these social constructions can be used to control womens lives and how women attempt to resist these forces. Exceptionally well-written and edited to be accessible and pedagogically friendly the articles in this collection cover a wide range of topics while paying attention to class ethnicity disability body size and sexual orientation.