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Body outlaws : young women write about body image and identity

Title: Body outlaws : young women write about body image and identity / edited by Ophira Edut ; foreword by Rebecca Walker.
Publication: Seattle, Wash. : Seal Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	BF697.5.B63 A35 2000	Off-site

Additional Authors

Edut, Ophira.

Description

xxiii, 251 pages; 22 cm

Uniform Title

Adiós, Barbie.

Subjects

Note

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 -- stip! / 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 -- inner visions / christy damio -- sizing myself up: tales of a plus-size model / kate dillon -- not of reality / sada mecca.

ISBN

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00059596

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries