For the past three decades, feminist scholars have examined how the female body and ideas about the female body affect women's lives. Revised and updated in its fourth edition, The Politics of Women's
Most women who elect to have cosmetic surgery want a “natural” outcome—a discrete alteration of the body that appears unaltered. Under the Knife examines this theme in light of a cultural paradox. Whe
According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple p
According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple p
Original research chapters are balanced with personal narratives.Table of ContentsIntroduction | Chris Bobel and Samantha KwanPart I: Going "Natural"• Body Hair Battlegrounds: The Consequences,
Original research chapters are balanced with personal narratives.Table of ContentsIntroduction | Chris Bobel and Samantha KwanPart I: Going "Natural"• Body Hair Battlegrounds: The Consequences,
Embodied Resistance engages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary "body outlaws"--people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden.
Sixteen chapters, presented by Bobel (women's studies, U. of Massachusetts) and Kwan (sociology, U. of Houston), explore the relevance of the concept of resistance within the study of how social relat
