Women's Bodies, Women's Lives : Health, Well-Being and Body Image

Our bodies are integral to our lives -- our dreams, our desires. Each can only be understood in the context of the other. Where we live, our income levels, our health, our abilities, even how we look help shape our personal and social realities. The book examines this complex relationship. In sixteen chapters, activists, writers, scholars and healthcare professionals demonstrate how social and cultural expectations mould our realities, and how our perceptions of self shape our being in the world. The underlying question throughout these provocative essays is: Do women really control their own bodies? The book examines this complex relationship. In sixteen chapters, activists, writers, scholars and healthcare professionals demonstrate how social and cultural expectations mould our realities, and how our perceptions of self shape our being in the world. The underlying question throughout these provocative essays is: Do women really control their own bodies? In their search for an answer, contributors look at women's lives -- with particular attention paid to the intersection of gender, race, ability, sexual orientation and class -- from the inside out.Vivienne; Miedema, Baukje; Stoppard, Janet M. Anderson is the author of 'Women's Bodies, Women's Lives : Health, Well-Being and Body Image' with ISBN 9781894549028 and ISBN 1894549023.