Thank you all again!

Sara


Sara Protasi
Department of Philosophy
Yale University
http://saraprotasi.weebly.com/

2015-03-25 21:31 GMT+00:00 Alison Reiheld <[log in to unmask]>:

> This is me thirding Chris Cuomo's suggestions. Sorry I am late to the
> party with this! To flesh out and add to Chris's recommendations....
>
> I have used Bartky's "Skin Deep: Femininity as a Disciplinary Regime" with
> great success in teaching (http://philpapers.org/rec/BARSDF-2). I have a
> PDF handy that I'd be happy to send on.
>
> I have also used Iris Marion Young's "Throwing Like a Girl" on body
> comportment and discipline with great success; how we hold ourselves is as
> much about norms of femininity and musculinity, and concordant beauty
> norms, as is mere static appearance. (http://philpapers.org/rec/YOUTLA)
>
> Definitely Naomi Wolf's book "The Beauty Myth." I haven't taught it, but
> it had a huge impact on me in my first Women's Studies course in undergrad.
>
> Not sure which Bordo work Chris was thinking of, but Susan Bordo's book
> "Unbearable Weight: feminism, western culture, and the body" is superb and
> filled with things that make you go "hmmmmm....."  Also, talks about
> fatness, which I dig.
>
> If you want to go outside philosophy, Marilyn Wann's book "Fat!So?" is a
> magnificent polemic to consider.
>
>
> Works on how beauty standards differ racially, and the imposition of
> caucasian beauty standards (straight "Farah Fawcett" Charlie's Angels hair,
> for instance, or the notion of "good hair" for African-American women) are
> good to consider, as well.  Patricia Hill Collins has some great stuff in
> that line. Specifically, Chapter 4: Mamies, Matriarchs, and Other
> Controlling Images, from her book Black Feminist  Thought, has a quite nice
> 8 pages or so on skin, hair, etc.
>
> Can't recall cites off the top of my head, but there is some great work
> out there on how Asian and Pacific Islander women (particular beauty
> standards thereof;  Japanese and Polynesian women, for instance) are
> positioned as sexualized and demure simultaneously.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>
>  On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 7:08 AM, Chris Cuomo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>  Where's Susan Bordo, Sandra Bartky, Angela Davis, Kim Chernin, Naomi
>>> Wolf?
>>>
>>>
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