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Item Details
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WOMEN'S BODIES
CULTURAL REPRESENTATION AND IDENTITY |
| By: |
Jane Arthurs (Editor), Jean Grimshaw (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£42.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0304339636 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780304339631 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 1999 |
| Series: |
Sexual politics |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
A collection of essays which focuses on the representation of women's bodies in historical and contemporary cultures. This book compares the two different approaches to the body adopted by the soft-porn magazine "For Women", and the women's monthly "Cosmopolitan", and also examines TV cult figures. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a collection of essays which focuses on the representation of women's bodies in historical and contemporary cultures. It discusses recent books on the subject, and compares the two different approaches to the body adopted by the soft-porn magazine "For Women", and the women's monthly "Cosmopolitan". It also examines TV cult figures, such as the "comic body" exemplified by comedienne Joe Brand, and situation comedies such as "Absolutely Fabulous". |
| Illustrations: |
1 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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