num_pages: 362
description: In this provocative book, Susan Bordo untangles the myths, ideologies, and pathologies of the modern female body. Bordo explores our tortured fascination with food, hunger, desire, and control, and its effects on women's lives.
language: English
title: Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
titlecomplete: Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
genres: Theory, Gender, Academic, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Feminism, Womens Studies, Sociology, Gender Studies
ratings_count: 1784
publisher: University of California Press