A course from 1970 digitized by the boston womens health book collective. In clear, accessible language, the book dispels menopause myths and provides crucial information that women can use to take control of their own health and get the best care possible. The most recent edition, published in 2011, was selected by library journal as one of the best consumer health books of the year. Our bodies, ourselves, a succession to a pamphlet of resources. Our bodies, ourselves is a book about womens health and sexuality produced by the nonprofit organization our bodies ourselves originally called the boston womens health book collective. Our bodies, ourselves by boston womens health book collective. A bit of a text book but perhaps good as a reference for the bookshelf. Formatting your paper mla style guide for citations 8th. Our bodies, ourselves for the new century by boston womens. Safer sexhow to engage in pleasurable, satisfying sexual. Collective members, they translated it and adapted its content and style to accommodate their. Find out more about our bodies, ourselves by boston womens health book collective, judy norsigian. Bodies ourselves originally called the boston womens health book.
Since the revised 1976 edition was selected as one of the best of the best books for young adults by the american library association, our bodies, ourselves has been the target of frequent. So much information, demystification of menopause, political and patronization of women at this point. Our bodies, ourselves is a book about womens health and sexuality produced by the nonprofit. Write a chapter and change the world how the boston womens. Rent textbook our bodies, ourselves by boston womens health book collective 9781439190661. A course was reprinted in 1971 under the name our bodies, our selves. Boston womens health book collective the gold standard for womens health books, in time for the fortieth anniversary of the book s first publication, featuring new material and a completely updated approach to critical womens health.
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There have been eight editions of our bodies, ourselves, as well as. Publication date 1998 topics women, women, women publisher new york, n. As a cofounder and past executive director of our bodies ourselves obos, formerly known as the boston womens health book collective. Judy norsigian is the executive director of our bodies ourselves. While obos is famous for its voice in policy, advocacy, and educational efforts related to womens health, they see their role as a global content provider as paramount. I want to be holding in my hand a concise, fairly easy to read and understand book. The boston womens health book collective, which produced this book and all its subsequent editions, now calls itself our bodies, ourselves. Our bodies, ourselves, american book on womens health, first published in 1970 and followed by eight revised and updated editions, with the last appearing in 2011. The these are our bodies program consists of a foundation book recommended for facilitators, small group leaders, and parents if the program is being used in a congregation, school, or other setting and age level program modules that each include a leader guide for each facilitator and small group leader, a participant book for each.
What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page information wikidata item cite this page. The original was a great reference, this was missing a lot of subject material. With more than four million copies sold, our bodies, ourselves is the classic resource that women of all ages turn to for information about every aspect of their wellbeing. In 1971, the first our bodies, ourselves book sold 250,000 copies at the time, fewer than 10% of doctors were women, and many topics were taboo time magazine named our bodies, ourselves. Our bodies, ourselves for the new century by boston women. A and for women paperback march 31, 1976 by boston womens health book collective editor. Our bodies, ourselves, the revolutionary feminist health book, will no longer print new editions in the 1970s, the book promoted nonjudgemental discussions about womens sexual and. Our bodies, ourselves 1973, by the boston womens health book. Before our bodies ourselves made the decision to stop publishing, for example, ms. Our bodies, ourselves 1973, by the boston womens health. The gold standard for womens health books, in time for the fortieth anniversary of the books first publication, featuring new material and a completely updated approach to critical womens health issues.
Our bodies, ourselves for the new century is the first major revision of this classic since 1984 and reflects the major changes that have occurred in every area of womens health. Their mission is to empower women by providing information about health, sexuality, and reproduction. Why the womens sexual health book still matters orgasmic our bodies, ourselves was the first book to teach women about sex and birth control. Our bodies, ourselves is the organizations core vehicle for driving their mission. A groundbreaking publication, it emphasizes the importance to women of knowledge about their own bodies and encourages their active participation in medical treatment. Much as the predominant images of a singular, objectified, and unattainable female body ideal contribute to psychological distress in women, gender theorists hypothesize that the idealized lean and muscular male body that dominates the covers of mens magazines tends to contribute to low selfesteem and psychological conflict in men.
The book, last updated in 2011, will no longer have new editions. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Part comprehensive reference manual, part diy health guide, part feminist. But after nearly 50 years, our bodies ourselves, the boston nonprofit home of the book, will stop publishing the pubescent tome amid a period of transition. Our bodies, ourselves has long been referred to as the womens health bible. As a result of this goal, the book contained information intended to guide women on how to. This resource, updated to reflect the mla handbook 8 th ed. First published in the late 1960s, it contains information related to many aspects of womens health and sexuality, including. Mla modern language association style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. The boston womens health book collective now known as our bodies ourselves is a nonprofit organization founded in 1969 whose board members include teresa heinz kerry, susan love, and gloria steinem. Our bodies ourselves and the womens health movement in the. Boston womens health book collective includes information on abortion, abuse.
The paperbound format proved successful not only for the mass marketing of books but also from the 1950s for books of less general appeal. Completely revised for the first time in a decade, this edition provides all the information women need to make key decisions about their health. It was a groundbreaking publication in its expressed goal of dispelling widespread ignorance about the female body and womens health issues. Our bodies, ourselves, the revolutionary feminist health. Find databases of articles, ebooks, and streaming media here. A new edition for a new era revised edition by boston womens health book collective, norsigian, judy isbn. Get a free sample or buy our bodies, ourselves by boston womens. Click here to view a pdf version of the original women and their bodies.
In clear, accessible language, the book dispels menopause myths and provides crucial information that women can use to take control. Our bodies, ourselves, a succession to a pamphlet of resources pulled from coops of women in and around boston, massachusetts, was published in new york in 1973 by simon and schuster. On october 1, 2011, the group will celebrate its forty years of activism with a symposium of global partners, allies and friends, and with the release of the ninth edition of the book. Newly revised and updated, our bodies, ourselves is the classic guide for women of all ages to every. Itwas hailed as the bible of womens health and has since been translated and adapted into more than 25 languages.
Retitled from the original women and their bodies, our bodies, ourselves was an effort by a group of educated, middle class women to reinforce womens ownership of their bodies. Dunn is a lecturer at the university of indianapolis and the ningbo institute of technology, zhejiang university, china. The travels of our bodies, ourselves scholarworks at umass boston. Our bodies, ourselves by the boston womens health book collective. The book is conceived here from two articulated variables. On one hand, as a commodity, and, on the other hand, according to its significance through the social space, which turns it into a. Poverty and racism as major determinants of womens health. This article has been cited by other articles in pmc. Our bodies, ourselves by the boston womens health book collective, claims to. For example, women who worked on the armenian version of our bodies. Then, using the remnants of intelligence that remained, and helped by a wise friend, i cast the noted specialists advice to the winds and went to work againwork, the normal life of every human being. Find books, media, and journal titles, but no articles. Six years after the 2005 overhaul of this classic guide to womens health, the 2011 edition focuses on what our bodies, ourselves does best. A new edition for a new era boston womens health book.
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