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OverviewIn 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."" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Jane M Ussher (University of Western Sydney, Australia)Publisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780813524979ISBN 10: 0813524970 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 01 November 1997 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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