Are bodies sexy? How? In what sorts of ways? Sexy Bodies investigates the production of sexual bodies and sexual practices; of sexualities which are dyke; bi; transracial; and even hetero. It celebrates lesbian and queer sexualities but also explores what runs underneath and within all sexualities; discovering what is fundamentally weird and strange about all bodies; all carnalities. Looking at a pleasurable variety of cultural forms and texts; the contributors consider the particular charms of girls and horses; from National Velvet to Marnie; discuss figures of the lesbian body from vampires to tribades to tomboys; uncover virtual lesbians in the fiction of Jeanette Winterson; track desire in the music of legendary Blues singers; and investigate the ever-scrutinised and celebrated body of Elizabeth Taylor. The collection includes two important pieces of fiction by Mary Fallon and Nicole Brossard. Sexy Bodies makes new connections between and amongst bodies; cruising the borders of the obscene; the pleasurable; the desirable and the hitherto unspoken rethinking sexuality anew as deeply and strangely sexy.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. the book doesnt read easily - sentences dont throw them selves at youBy j l bauMrs. Claridge is no Truman Capote ; the book doesnt read easily - sentences dont throw them selves at you . Be sure to have a dictionary beside you when reading . Reading ; and reading and re-reading this bio is necessary to fully understand Mrs. Claridges take on this complex man . Much information on N.R. ; fascinating man and a superlative artist/illustrator .8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A DisappointmentBy Caius PetronusI found this book very difficult to read for the following reasons. First; the text is in serious need of a good editor and could be cut by 20 to 30%. Second; the prose is difficult to read not because it contains profound thoughts; but that the sentences seem to be "tangled" and eccentrically constructed. Third there is too much psycho nonsense. Even professional psychiatrists tend to tread very carefully when discussing subjects that they have never met - Anthony Storrs on Sir Winston Churchill or the late John Mack on T. E. Lawrence. Psycho babble about Norman Rockwell doesnt teach us anything and only makes the author seem foolish.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Study of a Man and His TimesBy Carole Sue TaylorPsychological as well as artistic portrait of Norman Rockwell that places his work in the context of his times. Not light reading. The author synthesizes a multitude of sources from art critics to family members and Rockwells own biography to present a comprehensive study of his life and work. The result is an analysis both of the man and of the cultural ideals he rendered in visual form.