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Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture
Debra Gimlin
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Description for Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture
Paperback. Presents a feminist study that argues against the idea that the popularity of body work means that women are enslaved to a male-fashioned 'beauty myth'. This title demonstrates that women actually use body work to escape that beauty myth. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Today women are lifting weights to build muscle, wrapping their bodies in seaweed to reduce unwanted water retention, attending weigh-ins at diet centers, and devoting themselves to many other types of 'body work'. Filled with the voices of real women, this book unravels the complicated emotional and intellectual motivations that drive them as they confront American culture's unreachable beauty ideals. This powerful feminist study lucidly and compellingly argues against the idea that the popularity of body work means that women are enslaved to a male-fashioned 'beauty myth'. Essential reading for understanding current debates on beauty, Body Work demonstrates ... Read more
Today women are lifting weights to build muscle, wrapping their bodies in seaweed to reduce unwanted water retention, attending weigh-ins at diet centers, and devoting themselves to many other types of 'body work'. Filled with the voices of real women, this book unravels the complicated emotional and intellectual motivations that drive them as they confront American culture's unreachable beauty ideals. This powerful feminist study lucidly and compellingly argues against the idea that the popularity of body work means that women are enslaved to a male-fashioned 'beauty myth'. Essential reading for understanding current debates on beauty, Body Work demonstrates ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
181
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
218g
Number of Pages
181
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520228566
SKU
V9780520228566
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About Debra Gimlin
Debra L. Gimlin received her Ph.D. from SUNY, Stony Brook, and is now Vice President of V2, Inc., based in Philadelphia. She lives and works in Bristol, England.
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