Unbearable weight : Feminism, Western culture, and the bodyBordo, SusanEnglishBook"Unbearable Weight is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless (!) prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body--weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more--in a way that makes sense of our current social landscape--finally! This is a great book for anyone who wonders why women's magazines are always describing delicious food as 'sinful' and why there is a cake called Death by Chocolate. Loved it!"--Katha Pollitt, Nation columnist and author of Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture (2001).2003Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2003.©1959Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)—United StatesHuman body—Social aspects—United StatesBody image—United StatesSelf-esteem in women—United StatesFeminist criticism—United StatesBook9780520930711