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Bodies: Big Ideas [Paperback]

Susie Orbach (Author)

3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Profile Books; First Thus edition (26 Jan 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1846680190
ISBN-13: 978-1846680199
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 13.2 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 132,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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`A rousing polemic on the western obsession with physical perfection' --India Knight, Sunday Times

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We may be the last generation to inhabit bodies not routinely reconstructed by surgical enhancements. Over the last decades, our body has become an individual statement and a crucial personal responsibility. For many of us, it is the source of terrible difficulty while for others it is an expensive commodity...

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3.0 out of 5 stars Bodies - Bit passionless, 1 April 2009

Brenda Bookworm (Traralgon, Victoria, Australia) - See all my reviews

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I looked forward to reading this book as Susie Orbach's book "Fat is a Feminist Issue" was so engrossing and challenging. The information in Ms Orbach's book is interesting but the examples she uses of her clientele are not run of the mill and somehow seem clinical rather than passionate. I felt like this about the whole book - yes, weighty-people bashing is the demonisation and scapegoating of Reubenesque people, but where's the passion and involvement in the subject? And the summary at the end almost seemed throwaway rather than deeply engaged. It's an interesting book, has good info, but somehow comes across as clinically detached rather than emotionally involved, a bit distanced from the subject. I guess some people would like this approach, but I prefer emotional contact, a more spiritual approach, I guess, outrage at the manipulation of women's and men's bodies which is so disgusting. Sorry to be a bit negative but after the reviews maybe my expectations were a bit too high.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bodies, 27 Jan 2009

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Bodies is a great book, finally giving an answer as to why we are so concerned by our appearance and the influence our bodies have over our state of mind. Susie Orbach uses vivid case studies to bring the text alive, and makes a clincial book easily accessible to all readers.
I'd definately recommend it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating, 28 Mar 2009

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An absolutely fascinating take on how we view and what we do to our bodies today, with some really interesting facts and research. I think men might be put off reading Susie Orbach as she is most famous for Fat is a Feminist Issue, but this book is not aimed at just women as these issues (not just weight) effect us all

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4.0 out of 5 stars So true!!
Orbach once again delivers a well written and to the point tale of the state this world has gotten itself into!
Very easy to read. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Ms. Jp Woods

5.0 out of 5 stars minor limitations,huge positive impact
although I recognize minor limitations: at some points she repeats herself, the book had a huge impact on me. Read more

Published 21 months ago by danae

3.0 out of 5 stars Unanswered Questions
In Bodies, Susie Orbach theorizes notion the body as the home in which the self must live. She asserts that there are authentic bodies and false bodies, the false bodies being... Read more

Published on 4 Dec 2009 by Erika R. Szostak

2.0 out of 5 stars Some...Bodies... Else
Thank you for all the detailed reviews...I was thinking of buying this only to be sure that she (author) really didn't know what she was talking about... Read more

Published on 8 Aug 2009 by Showeda

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring and dissapointing
I really expected alot from this book because i read a review on the BACP magazine.

There was nothing new in this book. Read more

Published on 17 July 2009 by T. O. Towry Coker

3.0 out of 5 stars similar
Similar to Orbach's other work but benefits from being up to date and still makes a great contribution.enjoyed reading new material.

Published on 7 July 2009 by Susan Murray

4.0 out of 5 stars Found this a very relevant book
Interesting to read the mainly unenthusiastic reviews about this book. I really enjoyed it and found it very relevant and thought-provoking. Read more

Published on 1 July 2009 by Allyson

2.0 out of 5 stars A meandering disappointment
Having read the glowing reviews and synopses of this book in the Sunday supplements - all of which eulogised the richness, uniqueness and timeliness of Susie Orbach's Bodies... Read more

Published on 29 Mar 2009 by cathy earnshaw

1.0 out of 5 stars Big Ideas? I wish ...
This is a deeply disappointing book, so banal and cliched that parts made me and reading group companions laugh out loud. Read more

Published on 29 Mar 2009 by Amanda Ariss

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and muddled
I had great hopes that Susie Orbach's latest book would break new ground and give us some substantial new ideas about how women look at their bodies, their acute anxiety about... Read more

Published on 13 Feb 2009 by Nick Rogers

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