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The body and sexuality in cultural representation

An interview with Susan Bordo

Bibliographic Data

ID3633693
AuthorsG Karmakar (0000-0002-9119-9486, Department of English, Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College, West Bengal, India, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume30
Issue7
Pages855-863
Publication date2021-10-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2020.1860740
OpenAlexW3112362609
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

According to Zita, Bordo’s The Flight to Objectivity: Essays on Cartesianism and Culture is ‘one of the most thorough and focused feminist critiques of the masculinization of western philosophy that has been written thus far’ (1990 Zita, Jacquelyn N. (1990). [Review of the book Flight to Objectivity: Essays on Cartesianism and Culture, by Susan Bordo], Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 15(3), 645–648. https://doi.org/10.1086/494617[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], pp. 647–648). This interview focuses on Susan Bordo’s works and views on body politics with respect to gender, class, colour, sexuality and shape. It highlights the critique of the cartesian notion of western philosophy, the masculinized view of female and also the socially constructed perceptions of body and weight. The conversation references Bordo’s prominent works such as The Flight to Objectivity (1987), Unbearable Weight (1993), Twilight Zones (1997) and The Male Body (1999) to contextualize arguments on the body, sexuality and social stigma. The views of Bordo presented here are also based on recent political developments and the rise of women of colour in the global political arena

Cartesianism · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Obesity and Health Practices · Philosophy

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  • Unbearable Weight

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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