| Description |
xi, 321 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
"reading" the body: an introduction / patricia foster -- a weight that women carry / sallie tisdale -- the floating lightbulb / joyce winer -- mirrors / lucy grealy -- coming into the end zone / doris grumbach -- the female body / margaret atwood -- thicker than water / kathryn harrison -- beauty tips for the dead / judith hooper -- first stirrings / rosemary bray -- out of habit, i start apologizing / pam houston -- department of the interior / linda hogan -- beauty and the beast / connie porter -- keep them implanted and ignorant / naomi wolf -- inside a moroccan bath / hanan al-shaykh -- changes / janet burroway -- fighting natural / lynne taetzsch -- life-size / jenefer shute -- carnal acts / nancy mairs -- stiff upper lip / patricia stevens -- the story of my body / judith ortiz cofer |
| Subject |
Human body in literature.
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Literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Soul in literature.
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Women and literature.
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| Author |
Foster, Patricia, 1948-
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| LC no. |
93036385 |
| ISBN |
0385470223 |
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