Male Body A New Look at Men in Public and in Private

Name: Male Body A New Look at Men in Public and in Private
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ISBN: 9780374527327

ISBN-10: 0374527326

ISBN-13: 9780374527327

Edition: 2001

Authors: Susan Bordo

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Description:

In this candid analysis, Susan Bordo speaks to men and women alike, scrutinising the images and experience of everyday life. She takes a frank, tender look at her own father's body and goes on to analyse the presentation of maleness in wider society.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 7/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.20" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.880



Prologue: My Father's Body


private parts


In Hiding and On Display


Hard and Soft


Does Size Matter?


What Is a Phallus?


public images


Fifties Hollywood: The Rebel Male Crashes the Wedding


Gay Men's Revenge


Beauty (Re)Discovers the Male Body


the male animal, reconsidered


Gentleman or Beast? The Double Bind of Masculinity


The Sexual Harasser Is a Bully, not a Sex Fiend


Beautiful Girls, From Both Sides Now


Humbert and Lolita


Coda: My Father the Feminist


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index