Chernin, Kim.
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The obsession / Kim Chernin
Author Kim Chernin talks about the fixation American women have with their bodies, what they eat, and their appearances, and food in literature. Chernin reads excerpts from her book, “The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness” (New York: Random House, 1981) and answers questions from the audience (audience questions are edited out of this…
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Sex and other sacred games / Kim Chernin and Renate Stendahl ; produced by Jeanne Paslegreen.
Reading and discussion of Chernin and Stendahl’s book Sex and Other Sacred Games: Women, Love, Eroticism and Passion. The co-authors discuss their novel, set in a Pariscafe, where a European feminist lesbian and an American heterosexual women discuss passion, eroticism and pleasure. |r.1. Introduction and selected readings from the work (42 min.) — r.2. Interview…
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In My Mother’s House / Kim Chernin ; interviewed and produced by Laurie Odesky.