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100 1 _aMiller, Laura,
_d1953-
_eauthor.
_9425947
245 1 0 _aBeauty up :
_bexploring contemporary Japanese body aesthetics /
_cLaura Miller.
264 1 _aBerkeley :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c[2006]
264 4 _c©2006
300 _axiv, 256 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction : approaches to body aesthetics and the beauty system --
_g1.
_tChanging beauty ideology --
_g2.
_tAesthetic salons --
_g3.
_tMammary mania --
_g4.
_tBody fashion and beauty etiquette --
_g5.
_tMale beauty work --
_g6.
_tThe well-behaved appetite --
_g7.
_tThe language of Esute --
_g8.
_tEsute power.
520 _a"This engaging introduction to Japan's burgeoning beauty culture investigates a wide range of phenomenon--aesthetic salons, dieting products, male beauty activities, and beauty language--to find out why Japanese women and men are paying so much attention to their bodies. Laura Miller uses social science and popular culture sources to connect breast enhancements, eyelid surgery, body hair removal, nipple bleaching, and other beauty work to larger issues of gender ideology, the culturally-constructed nature of beauty ideals, and the globalization of beauty technologies and standards. Her sophisticated treatment of this timely topic suggests that new body aesthetics are not forms of "deracializiation" but rather innovative experimentation with identity management. While recognizing that these beauty activities are potentially a form of resistance, Miller also considers the commodification of beauty, exploring how new ideals and technologies are tying consumers even more firmly to an ever-expanding beauty industry. By considering beauty in a Japanese context, Miller challenges widespread assumptions about the universality and naturalness of beauty standards."--Publisher description.
588 _aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650 0 _aHuman body
_xSocial aspects
_zJapan
_9686683
650 0 _aBeauty, Personal
_zJapan
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650 0 _aBeauty culture
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650 0 _aBody image
_zJapan
_9686715
650 0 _aPhilosophy, Japanese
_9322199
651 0 _aJapan
_xSocial life and customs
_9350797
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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