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`Excellent' --Janet Street-Porter, Daily Mail
`Could make you rethink starting that post-Christmas diet. A 2010 must-have if you want to understand your body issues.' --Now Magazine
`A superb analysis of the range of ways one can change one's body.' --Lesley McDowell, Glasgow Herald
`Could make you rethink starting that post-Christmas diet. A 2010 must-have if you want to understand your body issues.' --Now Magazine
`A superb analysis of the range of ways one can change one's body.' --Lesley McDowell, Glasgow Herald
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'A timely counterblast against our harsh new visual culture, obsessed with the perfection of the physical self.' - The Times
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bodies (Big Ideas)
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.
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.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
I'd definately recommend it.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fascinating
Orbach has managed to sum up the issues regarding societies influences, body image and us in a thoroughly fascinating and readable way.
Published 3 months ago by Ms. P. Stevens-Hoare
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
Very easy to read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ms. Jp Woods
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 on 6 May 2010 by danae
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 the... Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2009 by Erika R. Szostak
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
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
There was nothing new in this book. Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by T. O. Towry Coker
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
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
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 (2009)... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2009 by cathy earnshaw
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
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