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Bodies

Author

Orbach, Susie, 1946-

Title

Bodies / Susie Orbach.

Format

Book

Edition

First Picador edition.

Published

New York : Picador, [2009] ©2009

Description

viii, 216 pages ; 18 cm

Notes

Notes in margin by book's donor, Leonore Tiefer. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Bodies in our time
• Shaping the body
• Speaking bodies
• Bodies real and not so real
• And so to sex
• What are bodies for?

Summary

"Throughout the Western world, people have come to believe that general dissatisfaction can be relieved by some change in their bodies. Here Susie Orbach explains the origin of this condition, and examines its implications for all of us." -- from book cover.

Subject headings

Body image.

ISBN

9780312427207