Susan Bordo
American philosopher and feminist theorist whose Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body is a landmark analysis of how cultural images of ideal femininity are inscribed on women's bodies through eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, and other practices. Her work bridges philosophy, feminism, and cultural studies.
Works
- Unbearable WeightFeminist cultural criticism examining women's bodies in consumer culture and media
- The Flight to ObjectivityFeminist analysis tracing Western philosophy's dualism of mind over body
- Twilight ZonesEssays on contemporary culture examining space between mind and body, reason and matter
- The Male BodyFeminist analysis of masculinity and male body in visual culture and advertising
- Bordo on Beauvoir