Fantasies of femininity, reframing the boundaries of sex, Jane M. Ussher
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Fantasies of femininity, reframing the boundaries of sex, Jane M. Ussher
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-391) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fantasies of femininity
Nature of contents
bibliography
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36994742
Responsibility statement
Jane M. Ussher
Sub title
reframing the boundaries of sex
Summary
In Fantasies of Femininity, Jane Ussher focuses on unraveling the contradictory visions of feminine sexuality: the fact that representations of the definition of woman seethe with sexuality yet for centuries women have been condemned for exploring their own sexual desires. In her quest for the sources of feminine representation, Ussher interviewed dozens of women - as well as some men - and combed popular media - from Seventeen to Cosmopolitan and Dallas to Donahue - to identify what shapes women's symbolic images of sex and femininity. Ussher argues that women have effectively resisted and subverted these archetypal fantasies of femininity, and in the process of so doing, reframed the very boundaries of sex. In this way, she exposes as myth much of what we think we know about "woman" and about "sex." --, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Imagining 'Women' -- Imagining Sex / The Script of Femininity: Sex, Romance and Beauty / The Masculine Gaze: Framing 'Woman' in Art and Film / Pornography: Denigration of 'Woman' or Exploration of Fantasy and Transgression? / Sexual Science and the Law: Regulating Sex -- Reifying the Power of the Heterosexual Man / Violating the Sexual Body: Rape, Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Murder / Reframing Femininity: Reframing the Boundaries of Sex
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