Minding the Body
Published on 18. May 2011
336 pages
978-0-307-79474-1 (ISBN)
Description
A mulitcultural anthology of fiction and non-fiction literary narratives which addresses the psychological and political aspects of a woman's body in today's culture. An important and much-needed book for women who seek to understand their bodies and find independent, imaginative ways to cope with aging, beauty expectations beauty expectations, and ethnic comparisons.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Patricia Foster: "Reading" the Body: an Introduction
- Sallie Tisdale: A Weight that Women Carry
- Joyce Winer: The Floating Lightbulb
- Lucy Grealy: Mirrors
- Doris Grumbach: Coming into the End Zone
- Margaret Atwood: The Female Body
- Kathryn Harrison: Thicker than Water
- Judith Hooper: Beauty Tips for the Dead
- Rosemary Bray: First Stirrings
- Pam Houston: Out of Habit, I Start Apologizing
- Linda Hogan: Department of the Interior
- Connie Porter: Beauty and the Beast
- Naomi Wolf: Keep them Implanted and Ignorant
- Hanan Al-Shaykh: Inside a Moroccan Bath
- Janet Burroway: Changes
- Lynne Taetzsch: Fighting Natural
- Jenefer Shute: Life-Size
- Nancy Mairs: Carnal Acts
- Patricia Stevens: Stiff Upper Lip
- Judith Ortiz Cofer: The Story of My Body
- Contributors' Notes
- Permissions
