Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781580051088)

Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you'll find few women who haven't been fried, dyed, plucked, or tucked. In short, you'll see no body outlaws.
The writers in this groundbreaking anthology reveal a world where bodies come in all their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue on body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality, and power--issues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. Body Outlaws offers stories by those who have chosen to ignore, subvert, or redefine the dominant beauty standard in order to feel at home in their bodies.


Author: Ophira Edut
ISBN-10: 1580051081
ISBN-13: 9781580051088
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 365
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d