Description
| Product ID: | 9781558612860 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Body Horror |
| Subtitle: | Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes |
| Authors: | Author: Anne Elizabeth Moore |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Feminism and feminist theory, Immunology, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Feminism & feminist theory, Immunology, Coping with illness & specific conditions |
| Description: | Whether for entertainment, under the guise of medicine, or to propel consumerism, heinous acts are perpetrated daily on women’s bodies. In Body 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 investigative—probing the Cambodian garment industry, the history of menstrual products, or the gender biases of patent law—to uncomfortably intimate. Informed by her own navigation of several autoimmune diagnoses, Moore 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 a Chicago Review of Books Nonfiction 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 by Xander Marro, this new edition of Body Horror is a fascinating, insightful portrait of the gore that encapsulates contemporary American politics. |
| Imprint Name: | Feminist Press at The City University of New York |
| Publisher Name: | Feminist Press at The City University of New York |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-01 |
