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Ideals of feminine beauty : philosophical, social, and cultural dimensions / edited by Karen A. Callaghan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions in women's studies ; no. 141.Publisher: Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, 1994Copyright date: ©1994Description: xv, 184 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0313261369
  • 9780313261367
Other title:
  • Philosophical, social, and cultural dimensions
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Ideals of feminine beauty.DDC classification:
  • 305.42 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1219 .I53 1994
Contents:
The terrible beauty and her reflective force / Algis Mickunas -- Body images and the politics of beauty / Ben Lowe -- The Sita myth and Hindu fundamentalism / Usha Zacharias -- Changing perceptions of feminine beauty in Islamic society / Amira Sonbol -- Symbolic violence and the disembodiment of identity / John W. Murphy -- Making love alone / Eric Mark Kramer -- The anorexic as over conformist / Debra Gimlin -- Female bodily perfection and the divided self / Catherine G. Valentine -- The frosting of the American woman / J. Greg Getz and Hanne K. Klein -- Young African-American women and the language of beauty / Maxine Leeds -- Nothing to lose / Cheri K. Erdman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index.

The terrible beauty and her reflective force / Algis Mickunas -- Body images and the politics of beauty / Ben Lowe -- The Sita myth and Hindu fundamentalism / Usha Zacharias -- Changing perceptions of feminine beauty in Islamic society / Amira Sonbol -- Symbolic violence and the disembodiment of identity / John W. Murphy -- Making love alone / Eric Mark Kramer -- The anorexic as over conformist / Debra Gimlin -- Female bodily perfection and the divided self / Catherine G. Valentine -- The frosting of the American woman / J. Greg Getz and Hanne K. Klein -- Young African-American women and the language of beauty / Maxine Leeds -- Nothing to lose / Cheri K. Erdman.

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