FEMALE DESIRE: WOMENS SEXUALITY TODAY
by Rosalind Coward
Condition: Good. Illustrated softcover with minor edgewear and light rubbing; spine uncreased, mild page toning.
About the Book
A landmark work of feminist cultural criticism, Female Desire examines how representations of women and sexuality from advertising and fashion to literature and film shape, repress, and reflect the female experience in modern society. Rosalind Coward exposes the hidden codes through which beauty, pleasure, and domesticity are both idealized and controlled, asking whether womens self-discovery can ever be disentangled from the myths surrounding desire itself.
Provocative, witty, and written in lucid, accessible language, the book challenges readers to reconsider the deep entanglement between sexuality, power, and representation. Cowards essays, ranging from romantic fiction to p*rnography, offer a profound critique of how culture constructs and constrains the female body and imagination.
About the Author
Rosalind Coward is a British academic, journalist, and cultural theorist known for her work on feminist theory, language, and media. Her writings include Patriarchal Precedents and Speaking Personally: The Rise of Subjectivity in the Public Sphere.
Placement extension: Sexual Politics
