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The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity.
In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of
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"There is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as "diseased" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago. Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper...
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"In the heart of New York City, a group of artistic friends struggles with society's standards of beauty. At the center are Barb and Lily, two women at opposite ends of the beauty spectrum, but with the same problem: each fears she will never find a love that can overcome her looks. Barb, a stunningly beautiful costume designer, makes herself ugly in hopes of finding true love. Meanwhile, her friend Lily, a brilliantly talented but plain-looking musician,...
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Annick Press
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"From fairy tales and Hollywood movies to magazine ads and TV makeovers, we absorb the lesson early: beauty rules. In a world of instant photo-sharing and mobile media, it's harder than ever to escape the pressure to look good. But teens also have more tools than ever to change the message about what beauty means. This book is your guide to understanding the culture of beauty and putting it in perspective, whether it's the strange things people have...
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Yale University Press
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[2011]
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English
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Throughout the history of the Western world, countless attempts have been made to define beauty in art and life, especially with regard to women's bodies and faces. Facing Beauty examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the ideal and the real, investigating paradigms of beauty as represented in art and literature and how beauty has been enhanced by cosmetics and hairstyles. This thought-provoking book discusses the shifting perceptions of female...
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Rodale
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[2009]
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" American women are spending more time, money, and energy than ever before pursuing an ideal?skinny, tan, and toned?that bears increasingly little resemblance to their reality. But what about the rest of the world's women? How do other cultures define ideal beauty, and do the women of South Africa, Afghanistan, Jamaica, or Japan pursue these standards with equal vigor? In The World Has Curves, Savacool answers these questions and takes readers on...
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Rutledge Hill Press
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[2006]
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English
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The MISS UNIVERSE® Pageant represents the international ideal of beauty, and this unique beauty guide has the inside tips from all over the world that only members of this very exclusive club can tell. Beauty writer Cara Birnbaum and former Miss Universe winners bring together the diverse tips, insights, and secrets that have set these women apart and brought them to the pinnacle of beauty. Former title holders will share their beauty regimens as...
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Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
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[2022]
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"Three-time Emmy Award-winning newscaster and popular YouTube and social media encourager, Dominique Sachse delivers a powerful call to women to embrace their outward beauty as the first step in living with internal boldness, confidence, and renewed joy"--
13) My body
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2021.
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"In this personal exploration of feminism, sexuality and power, of men's treatment of women and women's rationalizations for accepting that treatment, the acclaimed model and actress presents essays that chronicle moments of her life while investigating culture's fetishization of girls and female beauty." --
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1958. The movie is Vertigo. Kim Novak asks Jimmy Stewart, "Couldn't you like me just the way I am?" 2001. The movie is Bridget Jones's Diary. Rene Zellweger asks Hugh Grant, "Can't you just like me the way that I am?" A lot of things have changed since 1958. Some things never change. So begins Ilene Beckerman's deftly drawn look at the doubts, dreams, and hard-earned triumphs of women, from the Audrey Hepburn era to the era of Britney Spears. Like...
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Sourcebooks
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[2007]
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English
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We Are Beautiful introduces 46 girls, ages 12 to 19, who share their deepest thoughts about what defines beauty. Social creatures that they are, teenage girls will love this empowering message from their contemporaries and peers. These girls speak openly about anxieties and struggles, about sports and spirituality, about family and friends and, above all, self-acceptance and self-esteem.
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Darling & Co
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2000.
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"Zaftig is a Yiddish word meaning ripe or luscious, and is commonly applied to curvaceous women. This book celebrates these women principally through its many reproductions of paintings, but also through quotations from those who argue for the attractiveness of zaftig women. Some of the painters reproduced are: Rembrandt, Titian, Correggio, Lord Leighton, Diego Rivera, Rubens, Renoir, Reginald Marsh, Picasso, Giovanni Bellini, Ingres, Klimt, Mucha,...
