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Susan Bordo
Born
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materState University of New York at Stony Brook (Ph.D., 1982)
Occupations
  • Author
  • philosopher
  • professor
EmployerUniversity of Kentucky
Known forFeminist philosophy

Susan Bordo is an American philosopher known for her contributions in the field of contemporary cultural studies, particularly in the area of feminist theory.[1] Bordo specializes in contemporary culture and its relation to the body, focusing on eating disorders which primarily affect females, such as anorexia and bulimia; cosmetic surgery; beauty; and evolutionary theory. She also explores racism and the body, masculinity, and sexual harassment.

  1. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (2013-04-14). "For One Royal, History Has Added Insult to Injury". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-29.

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American Slavery". Journal of History and Sexuality 20, 3 (2011): 445–64. Susan Bordo, "Are Mothers Persons?", Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture...

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Judith Butler

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strain of feminist criticism of the transhumanist program, philosopher Susan Bordo points to "contemporary obsessions with slenderness, youth and physical...

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Personhood

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medicine, particularly in the cases of ectopic and molar pregnancy. Susan Bordo has suggested that the focus on the issue of personhood in abortion debates...

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Michel Foucault

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subjects/bodies. Foucault has received criticism from other feminists, such as Susan Bordo and Kate Soper. Johanna Oksala argues that Foucault, by saying that sex/sexuality...

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Gender essentialism

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List of feminist philosophers

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Feminist theory

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associated solely with women, whereas men have been associated with the mind. Susan Bordo, a modern feminist philosopher, in her writings elaborates the dualistic...

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The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

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List of Jewish feminists

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Bar-Shalom Pauline Bebe Hanne Blank Lisa Bloom Judy Blume Susan Bordo Daniel Boyarin Susan Brownmiller (Born 1935) Judith Butler Claude Cahun Aviva Cantor...

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List of American philosophers

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Cultural depictions of Anne Boleyn

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Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen by Susan Bordo (2013). She appears in Bring Me the Head of Anne Boleyn by Kristine Kathryn...

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Sociology of the body

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Duneier, Appelbaum, and Carr 2009). Philippe Ariès Alexandre Baril Susan Bordo Pierre Bourdieu Judith Butler Peter Conrad Mary Douglas Norbert Elias...

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Exploitation of women in mass media

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sexually explicit materials was lifted in 1989. Some researchers, such as Susan Bordo and Rosalind Gill, argue against using the phrase "sexual objectification"...

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Jewish philosophy

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Benjamin Henri Bergson Isaiah Berlin Ernst Bloch Allan Bloom Harold Bloom Susan Bordo Judith Butler Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive...

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Honey Lee Cottrell

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O'Neill, Eileen. "(Re)Presentations of Eros". Eds. Alison M. Jaggar and Susan Bordo. Gender/body/knowledge: Feminist Reconstructions of Being and Knowing...

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List of feminist literature

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Liberal Feminism, and Anarchism, L. Susan Brown (1993) Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, Susan Bordo (1993) Warrior Marks: Female Genital...

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Weequahic High School

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of the documentary Seymour: An Introduction directed by Ethan Hawke Susan Bordo (born 1947, class of 1964), feminist philosopher Eunice Dwumfour (1993–2023...

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Cultural impact of Madonna

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been widely proclaimed as a postmodern heroine". American philosopher Susan Bordo disagrees, as for her, the singer may be a "postmodern heroine" but not...

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List of American feminist literature

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Judith Meuli Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, Susan Bordo (1993) Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings, Miriam Schneir (1994)...

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