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Title: WOMEN'S BODIES
CULTURAL REPRESENTATION AND IDENTITY
By: Jane Arthurs (Editor), Jean Grimshaw (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0304339636
ISBN 13: 9780304339631
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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: Non-returnable
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