Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory

Title: Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory
Author: Ed by Katie Conboy, Nadia Medina, Sarah Stanbury
ISBN-10: 0231105452
ISBN-13: 978-0231105453
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Number of Pages: 384

Price: $29.00

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, 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 editor's introduction, is a comprehensive sourcebook on the major theoretical positions and critical trends surrounding the female body.