Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies: Sex, Performance and Safe Femininity

by Gemma Commane

Book Overview

What makes a woman 'bad' is commonly linked to certain 'qualities' or behaviours seen as morally or socially corrosive, dirty and disgusting. In Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies, Gemma Commane critically explores the social, sexual and political significance of women who are labelled 'bad', sluts or dirty. Through a variety of case studies drawn from qualitative and original ethnographic research, she argues that 'Bad Girls' disrupt heterosexual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350185353
• ISBN13: 9781350185357
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"