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    Woman's Embodied Self
    Feminist Perspectives on Identity and Image

    Joan C. Chrisler (Author), Ingrid Johnston-Robledo (Author)

    9781433827129

    Hardback, published 14 August 2017

    273 pages
    25.4 x 17.8 x 2 cm, 0.65 kg

    amp ldquo Compelling and informative examination of how women relate to their bodies and how attitudes toward the body affect women amp rsquo s sense of self. amp rdquo -Midwest Book Review

    amp ldquo The authors present an examination of women amp rsquo s embodiment that is comprehensive and insightful. Each conclusion is supported by empirical research, and a wide range of sources are cited...this text will be an invaluable resource for anyone working with women in a health or mental health setting. The writing is clear and comprehensible, offering access to information and insight to both an academic and an educated general audience. amp rdquo -Fat Studies

    amp ldquo This book challenges readers to consider topics related to women amp rsquo s bodied beyond their medicalization amp hellip . It touches upon a number of themes, such as body image, eating disorders, sexuality, puberty, infertility, pregnancy, childbirth, health, disability, and aging, that are also relevant to professionals or students in other fields of study such as sociology, medical anthropology, medicine, and gerontology. amp rdquo -PsycCRITIQUES

    This book challenges readers to consider topics related to women's bodied beyond their medicalization...It touches upon a number of themes, such as body image, eating disorders, sexuality, puberty, infertility, pregnancy, childbirth, health, disability, and aging, that are also relevant to professionals or students in other fields of study such as sociology, medical anthropology, medicine, and gerontology.

    (PsycCRITIQUES)

    The authors present an examination of women's embodiment that is comprehensive and insightful. Each conclusion is supported by empirical research, and a wide range of sources are cited...this text will be an invaluable resource for anyone working with women in a health or mental health setting. The writing is clear and comprehensible, offering access to information and insight to both an academic and an educated general audience.

    (Fat Studies)

    Compelling and informative examination of how women relate to their bodies and how attitudes toward the body affect women's sense of self.

    (Midwest Book Review)

    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 amp rsquo s sense of self. In particular, they document the disturbing, never-ending barrage of standards used to judge women amp rsquo 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.
     
    The authors review the research on these phenomena and analyze them through the lens of various psychological theories, including objectification theory, stigma theory, terror management theory, and stereotype embodiment theory. Importantly, they then suggest ways to help women and girls achieve a positive embodied self, which includes challenging and resisting pressures to alter and discipline their bodies in unhealthy ways.
     
     

    Series Foreword
    Linda J. Beckman and Mary Wyer

    Chapter : Woman's Embodied Self: An Introduction
    Chapter 2: Theorizing the Body
    Chapter 3: The (Un)Attractive Body
    Chapter 4: The Sexual Body
    Chapter 5: The Reproductive Body
    Chapter : The (Un)Healthy Body
    Chapter 7: The Aging Body
    Chapter 8: Managing and Resisting Negative Embodiment

    References
    Index
    About the Authors

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