The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women /
Wolf, Naomi.
The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women / Naomi Wolf. - London : Vintage Books, [2015] - 348 p. - Vintage classics . - Vintage classics (London, England) .
Reprint. Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beauty myth -- Work -- Culture -- Religion -- Sex -- Hunger -- Violence -- Beyond the beauty myth.
In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. 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.
9780099595748 0099595745
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Femininity.
Sex role.
HQ1219 / .W65 2015
The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women / Naomi Wolf. - London : Vintage Books, [2015] - 348 p. - Vintage classics . - Vintage classics (London, England) .
Reprint. Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beauty myth -- Work -- Culture -- Religion -- Sex -- Hunger -- Violence -- Beyond the beauty myth.
In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. 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.
9780099595748 0099595745
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Femininity.
Sex role.
HQ1219 / .W65 2015