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Adiós, Barbie : young women write about body image and identity
- Title
- Adiós, Barbie : young women write about body image and identity / edited by Ophira Edut ; foreword by Rebecca Walker.
- Publication
- Seattle, Wash. : Seal Press : Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, [1998], ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BF697.5.B63 A35 1998 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Edut, Ophira.
- Description
- xxiv, 236 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- In fresh and incisive essays, twenty-eight young women expand the national dialogue about body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality and power issues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. Adios, Barbie collects stories filled with honesty and humor by women who have chosen to ignore, subvert or redefine the dominant beauty standard in order to feel at home in their bodies.
- Subjects
- Contents
- foreword / rebecca walker -- introduction / ophira edut -- my brown face / mira jacob -- klaus barbie, and other dolls i'd like to see / susan jane gilman -- the butt: its politics, its profanity, its power / erin j. aubry -- the skinny on small / diane sepanski -- becoming la mujer / marisa navarro -- destination 120 / debbie feit -- memoirs of a (sorta) ex-shaver / carolyn mackler -- my jewish nose / lisa jervis -- to apu, with love / bhargavi c. mandava -- fishnets, feather boas and fat / nomy lamm -- the chosen people / tali edut -- food for our souls / dyann logwood -- strip! / diana courvant -- lucy, i'm home / jill corral -- the art of the ponytail / akkida mcdowell -- beauty secrets / lee damsky -- mirror, mirror on the wall / leoneda inge-barry -- intimate enemies / jennifer berger -- appraising god's property / keesa schreane -- dancing toward redemption / meredith mcghan --
- conquering the fear of a fat body: the journey toward myself / regina d. williams -- breaking the model / graciela (chely) rodriguez -- body image: third wave feminism's issue? / amelia (amy) richards -- all-american girls: jock chic, body image and sports / leslie heywood -- marked for life: tattoos and the redefinition of self / silja j. a. talvi -- at home in my body: an asian-american athlete searches for self / allison torres -- not of reality / sada mecca.
- ISBN
- 1580050166 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 98031530
- OCLC
- ocm39951601
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries