Body Horror (eBook)

Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes

Anne Elizabeth Moore (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
344 Seiten
The Feminist Press at CUNY (Verlag)
978-1-55861-297-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In this new edition of a cult classic, an award-winning journalist catalogs the global toll of capitalism on our physical autonomy.Whether for entertainment, under the guise of medicine, or to propel consumerism, heinous acts are perpetrated daily on womens bodies. InBody Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes,award-winning journalist Anne Elizabeth Moore catalogs the global toll of capitalism on our physical autonomy. Weaving together unflinching research and surprising humor, these essays range from investigativeprobing the Cambodian garment industry,the history of menstrual products,or the gender biases of patent lawto uncomfortably intimate. Moore, who suffers from several autoimmune disorders, examines what it takes to seek care and community in the increasingly complicated, problematic, and disinterested US healthcare system.A Lambda Literary Award finalist and aChicago Review of BooksNonfiction Award shortlist title,Body Horror>is sharp, shocking, and darkly funny. . . .Brainy and historically informed, this collection is less a rallying cry or a bitter diatribe than a series of irreverent and ruthlessly accurate jabs at a culture that is slowly devouring us (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Featuring an updated introduction and new essays, as well as illustrations byXander Marro, this new edition ofBody Horroris a fascinating, insightful portrait of the gore that encapsulates contemporary American politics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.4.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Alice Wong • autoimmune disease memoir • capitalism and bodies • capitalism and disability • chronic illness memoir • collected schizophrenias • curbside splendor • Disability memoir • Disability Studies • disability visibility • essay collection • INVISIBLE KINGDOM • Meghan O'Rourke • molly mccully brown • reimagining chronic illness • sick Porochista Khakpour • the pretty one keah brown • Two Kinds of Decay Sarah Manguso
• ISBN-10: 1-55861-297-1 / 1558612971
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55861-297-6 / 9781558612976