Beauty up : exploring contemporary Japanese body aesthetics /

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An introduction to Japan's burgeoning beauty culture, which investigates a 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. It aims to challenge various as...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller, Laura, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Human body > Social aspects > Japan.
Beauty, Personal > Japan.
Beauty culture > Japan.
Body image > Japan.
Philosophy, Japanese.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Japon.
Image du corps > Japon.
Philosophie japonaise.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Beauty culture
Beauty, Personal
Body image
Human body > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Philosophy, Japanese
Japan > Social life and customs.
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes.
Japan
aesthetic salons.
beauty culture.
beauty ideals.
beauty industry.
beauty language.
beauty standards.
beauty work.
body aesthetics.
body hair removal.
consumer society.
contemporary history.
contemporary japan.
cosmetic surgery.
cultural criticism.
diet and health.
elective surgery.
gender ideology.
identity management.
japanese culture.
japanese men.
japanese women.
male beauty.
men and women.
nonfiction.
plastic surgery.
popular culture.
social science.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: approaches to body aesthetics and the beauty system
  • Changing beauty ideology
  • Aesthetic salons
  • Mammary mania
  • Body fashion and beauty etiquette
  • Male beauty work
  • The well-behaved appetite
  • The language of esute
  • Esute power.

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