Unbearable Weight
by Susan Bordo
Taste attributes: documentarypsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentarytroubled leadsempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, serious non-fiction book, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
In this Tenth Anniversary Edition, Susan Bordo examines how women's fantasies of transcending their material existence have led to narcissistic efforts to reinvent themselves. Infatuated with youth, surrounded by homogenous representations of beauty, they surrender themselves to plastic surgeons in ever greater numbers for larger breasts, smaller noses, collagen-plumped lips and wrinkle-free faces.
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- Author
- Susan Bordo
- Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 361
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- Open Library
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