The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women / Naomi Wolf.
Series: Vintage classics (London, England): Publisher: London : Vintage Books, [2015]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 348 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 020276431ISBN: 9780099595748 (paperback) :Subject(s): Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) | Femininity | Sex role | Body image in womenDDC classification: 305.42Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity .
Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this iconic, gripping and frank expose, Naomi Wolf exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the media, in relationships between men and women, between women and women. With pertinent and intelligent examples, she confronts the beauty industry and its advertising and uncovers the reasons why women are consumed by this destructive obsession.
'Essential reading' Guardian
'A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. Every woman should read it' Gloria Steinem
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Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1990.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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