Blackwell. The anorectic is, in a way, abused sexually as if the body is a childs body
because socially and sexually speaking, it appears to be vulnerable with that
female body. Helena Michies The Flesh Made Word, a.
Victorian age: female hunger V a taboo in representation, b. "[23] Unbearable Weight also traces the connection between culture and female disorders and Bordo emphasizes the fact that disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia cannot simply be defined from medical and psychological standpoints but must be viewed from within a cultural context, as "complex crystallizations of culture. What example does she give of a then-current critical work which ignores the problems of actual women? thinks that female bodies forces and energies are habituated, to
external regulation, subjection, transformation, improvement. the body Webweb unbearable weight feminism western culture and the body susan bordo published 1993 art in this provocative book susan bordo untangles the myths ideologies and pathologies of the modern female body bordo explores our the WebThe Body and the Reproduction of Femininity Susan Bordo Intro: - Bodies = symbol of culture - Powerful symbolic form - Body = locus of social control - Women are spending Not Your Incubator is a political illustration that uses contrasting themes of objectification and ownership. The term hysterical becomes interchangeable with the term feminine, 4. WebSusan Bordo untangles the myths, ideologies, and pathologies of the modern female body. Intending to go beyond such a classification, Bordo writes that new feminist critiques looked more towards "racial, economic and class differences among women" while also looking at "both women's collusions with patriarchal culture and their frequent efforts at resistance. a. 19th Century Neurasthenia and hysteria Body and the reproduction of femininity Susan Bordo 20th Century Agoraphobic, anorexia nervosa, bulimia Symptoms could be regarded as the text and be analyzed as a textuality Symptoms of disorders contain symbolic or political meanings that can be taken as reflections upon the constructed and existed gender roles o Example: Women are expected to fee, to serve, to sacrifice; they starve themselves and whittling down the space they/their bodies take up.