The female body in Western culture : contemporary perspectives - Suleiman, Susan Rubin, 1939- (Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, 1986)
Discusses the images of women in art, films, and literature, social attitudes towards women, and changing perceptions of sexual roles.
The majority of these essays first appeared in a special issue of Poetics Today (Vol. 6, nos. 1-2, 1985).
Includes bibliographies.
Keywords: Arts, Modern -- 20th century; Civilization, Western; Erotica; Female nude in art; Women in art; Women -- Miscellanea