The “ambiguous liberties” of the commodified female body
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DOI: 10.1080/02580136.2019.1630542
Abstract: This paper takes issue with the concept of liberty advocated for by contemporary legal feminists. Freedom, for such thinkers, represents bodily freedom, and freedom from unnecessary constraint upon the activities of female bodies. This paper… read more here.
Keywords: ambiguous liberties; freedom; female body; liberties commodified ... See more keywords
The Corporeal Female Body in Literary Rape–Revenge: Shame, Violence, and Scriptotherapy
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DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2018.1536440
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article evaluates rape–revenge narratives in literature, asking how written scenes of rape and revenge depict female bodies without relying on visual representations that replicate evidence-based investigations of the crime. It then examines how… read more here.
Keywords: corporeal female; female body; revenge; scriptotherapy ... See more keywords
Zuckerberg, get out of my uterus! An examination of fertility apps, data-sharing and remaking the female body as a digitalized reproductive subject
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DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1845628
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper explores the rise of fertility apps and what data-sharing in this arena can mean for app users. The paper offers a brief background of some available fertility apps, how they work and… read more here.
Keywords: data sharing; female body; apps data; fertility apps ... See more keywords
The overweight female body in Malaysian slimming advertisements: problem and solution
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DOI: 10.1080/10350330.2016.1191145
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study analyses image and text to investigate the way slimming advertising exploits women’s fear of being overweight to the extent that they feel obliged to do something about their own bodies. We show… read more here.
Keywords: female body; slimming advertisements; overweight female; malaysian slimming ... See more keywords
Female body, femininity and authority in Bollywood: The “new” woman in Dangal and Queen
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DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2019.1690777
Abstract: ABSTRACT Bollywood’s departure from its earlier constructions of women as sex objects, victims of male violence, dependent, obedient and peripheral, is partly due to global/transnational cultural and economic flows that have influence in Indian society.… read more here.
Keywords: woman dangal; body femininity; female body; femininity authority ... See more keywords
Is body size a good indicator of fecundity in the genus Thaumetopoea? A story told by two intrageneric Mediterranean forest defoliators
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DOI: 10.1111/afe.12399
Abstract: Body size correlates with several factors such as reproductive fitness, environmental changes, the quality and quantity of food during critical development stages, and the feeding season. For the Palearctic moths of the genus Thaumetopoea (Lepidoptera;… read more here.
Keywords: female body; genus thaumetopoea; fecundity; size ... See more keywords
In the Spirit and in the Flesh: Women, Masquerades, and the Cross River
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DOI: 10.1162/afar_a_00446
Abstract: | african arts SPRING 2019 VOL. 52, NO. 1 The Cross River, which begins in the Cameroon mountains and rolls west and then south toward the Nigerian coast, has provided a fertile climate for ritual… read more here.
Keywords: female body; river; cross river; spirit ... See more keywords
Facial expression modifies female body perception
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DOI: 10.1177/03010066221140254
Abstract: The judgment of female body appearance has been reported to be affected by a range of internal (e.g., viewers’ sexual cognition) and external factors (e.g., viewed clothing type and colour). This eye-tracking study aimed to… read more here.
Keywords: female body; body perception; facial expression; body ... See more keywords