Bordo's book works best when she relates outrageous but all too common experiences at the hands of body entrepreneurs, such as the dentist who tried to convince her that the expensive cosmetic surgery he urged was her idea.ĭepending on one's politics, this volume may fare less well when Bordo turns to impulses among young women to alter themselves and their worlds. She recommends this analytic discipline over, and as a way to avoid, bodily disciplines such as dieting and exercise. Although these works provide little guidance for those engaged in systematic research, they both present clear, well-written arguments and elicit interesting research questions.īordo's volume provokes strong feelings about such topics as mass media and academic competition, beginning with a call to "tear the covers off things" as "a strategy of self-preservation" (p. In this case, philosopher Bordo and communications researcher Pinedo, with their different attitudes toward theory and data, say much about the class/racial/sexual politics of mass media formations. An upstart academic cousin, it invites participation from scholars with diverse approaches. The interdisciplinary field of cultural studies both profits and suffers from its undisciplined, anything-goes nature. Recreational Terror: Women and the Pleasures of Horror Film Viewing.
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