Customer Reviews
Thought-provoking way of reading the body - By: , 19 Jul 2001 
I enjoyed this book because of the unusual concept Grosz uses to structure it: the metaphor of the body as a Moebius strip, where the surface & interior cannot be seperated out but are intertwined & blend into each other. I like the way that she examines the body from the inside-out (eg looking at psychoanalytic theories of the body, where what's inside the body (eg. conscious mind, unconscious mind, "body image") is the focus / vantage point for analyzing the body) & then from the outside-in (looking at theorists like Foucault, reading the bodyin terms of its surfaces rather than assuming that the body has an "inner depth" (soul/mind/psyche etc within it) which is more crucial than its surface). Grosz's approach opens up some interesting ways of thinking about the body & I would recommend it to anyone studying gender, the body, or postmodern feminist theory. The book discusses similar issues to those foundin Judith Butler's work but is a lot easier to read!!!!!
Definitely worth a read - By: , 04 Jun 1999 Thoughtful, energetic discussion of the gendered body. One of the best introductions to Australian feminist theory. quintan wikswo
