Body work : beauty and self-image in American culture /

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"Beautifully written, cleverly argued, and skillfully researched, Debra Gimlin's Body Work goes beyond the argument that the beauty industry exists only to control women. Instead, Gimlin examines women's relationship to beauty from a feminist sociological perspective, finding that wom...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gimlin, Debra L., 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > United States.
Beauty culture > Social aspects > United States.
Beauté corporelle > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Soins de beauté > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : body work as self work
  • 1. The hair salon : social class, power, and ideal beauty
  • 2. Aerobics : neutralizing the body and renegotiating the self
  • 3. Cosmetic surgery : paying for your beauty
  • 4. NAAFA : reinterpreting the fat body
  • Conclusion : the body, oppression, and resistance.

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