Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory

Katie Conboy, Nadia Medina, Sarah Stanbury, Professor Sarah Stanbury

Columbia University Press, 1997 - Literary Criticism - 430 pages

This work comprises a collection of influential readings in feminist theory. It is divided into four sections: Reading the Body; Bodies in Production, which examines the representation of the female body as a site for objectification and as a critical spectator; The Body Speaks; and Body on Stage which traces the female body through the performances that sometimes constitute gender identity.

About the author

Katies Conboy is associate professor of English at Stonehill College.Nadia Medina is lecturer in the department of English and director of the Academic Resource Center at Tufts University.Sarah Stanbury is associate professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross.

Katies Conboy is associate professor of English at Stonehill College.Nadia Medina is lecturer in the department of English and director of the Academic Resource Center at Tufts University.Sarah Stanbury is associate professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross.

Katies Conboy is associate professor of English at Stonehill College.Nadia Medina is lecturer in the department of English and director of the Academic Resource Center at Tufts University.Sarah Stanbury is associate professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory; Culture & Gender; Gender and culture reader
• Editors: Katie Conboy, Nadia Medina, Sarah Stanbury, Professor Sarah Stanbury
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0231105444, 9780231105446
• Length: 430 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Women Authors