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The cultural imagery of women is deeply ingrained in our consciousness. So deply, in fact, that feminists see this as a fundamental threat to female autonomy because it enshrines procreative heterosexuality as well as the relations of domination and subordination between men and women. This book is about this cultural imagery - and how, once it is internalized, it shapes perception, reflection, judgement, and desire. These images have a deep impact not only on the individual psyche, but also on the social, political, and cultural syntax of society as a whole. Meyeres argues for the necessity of crafting a dissident, empowering, and "emancipatory counter-imagery" for women. Rigorous and accessible, this work should address the interests of readers across a range of intellectual disciplines.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Gender in the Mirror
• Subtitle: Cultural Imagery and Women's Agency
• Author: Diana Tietjens Meyers
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 241
• EAN: 9780195140408
• ISBN: 0195140400
• ID: 04864080
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 472 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 159 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. March 2002

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