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Free Download Dr. Joan C. Chrisler PhD, "Woman's Embodied Self: Feminist Perspectives on Identity and Image "
English | ISBN: 1433827123 | 2017 | 273 pages | EPUB, PDF | 405 KB + 3 MB
In this compelling book, Joan Chrisler and Ingrid Johnston-Robledo examine how women relate to their bodies and how attitudes toward the body affect women's sense of self. In particular, they document the disturbing, never-ending barrage of standards used to judge women's bodies. For example, women are taught that their bodies should be beautiful (but not as a result of too much effort), sexy (but not slutty), pure (but not prudish), slender (but curvy in the right places), youthful (if they are adults), mature (if they are adolescents), feminine, healthy, and able-bodied. These impossible standards prompt women to pursue life-long body improvement projects--which leads to self-objectification or a negative embodied self.