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Body Wars
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.4
EAN: 9780936077345
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0936077344
Label: Gurze Books
Manufacturer: Gurze Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: August 01, 1999
Publisher: Gurze Books
Studio: Gurze Books
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Editorial Review:
In this ground-breaking study, Margo Maine declares war on a culture that dismisses, devalues, and disempowers women by making them hate their own bodies. This book covers issues from dieting and weight prejudice to concepts of beauty and ageism to sports, fashion advertising, and propaganda. With practical strategies for activists, educators, and parents, this book also contains extensive references and appendices. Body Wars takes its place alongside The Beauty Myth and Reviving Ophelia in recognizing the constant assault women face, but goes further by giving them practical tools with which to fight back.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Once again the rating system fails me... I want to give this book a 2.5 stars
This isn't a bad book... I don't want to say that this is a bad book. I just didn't like it. If you have read 1,2,3 books on the subject of body image Body Wars will not offer anything new. It's more of the same about eating disorders and the media's role in destroying women's self esteem. For me this book wasn't terribly thought provoking. I would echo what some of the other reviewers seem to be saying, that this book is written like a reference guide for therapy groups. The author seems to be big ... Read More
Rating:  - a workbook
This book read more like a personal workbook or discussion book for small self-help groups, with short, superficial chapters followed by questions. That is fine, though I personally would have preferred a different approach.
Rating: - Great potential, great disappointment.
This book should be applauded for pointing out things about today's media and culture that many people overlook. It provides a pretty good well of facts about women in the media to draw upon. Having said that, the level of analysis taken in this book is disappointingly superficial, and appears to be motivated more by shock and awe than honesty. Main fails to make several important disctinctions (in my opinion), and I fear that this book may perpetuate its own set of misconceptions about health and beauty ... Read More
Rating:  - READ THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW!
For yourself, for your children, for the women and girls in your life. Read this book! It was like having the wool pulled from eyes. I can finally see the lies for what they were. I was angry about these "ideals" for so long and the pressure to get thinner. Now I know why, because it was all a lie to kepp women in their place, make money, and destroy the self esteem of nearly every woman in the Western world.
Rating: - How to Enter the Fray of the War on Weightism
Margo Maine has done it again in her book Body Wars. I learned how to connect myself with various groups working for a better community, to recognize examples of brainwashed thinking in myself and to do something about it. Margo Maine is an intelligent and empassioned researcher and activist and I am glad she continues to regale us with her comprehensive style and life-changing material.
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