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Ideals of feminine beauty : philosophical, social, and cultural dimensions
- Title
- Ideals of feminine beauty : philosophical, social, and cultural dimensions / edited by Karen A. Callaghan.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Callaghan, Karen A.
- Description
- xv, 184 p.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 141
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-177) and index.
- Contents
- The terrible beauty and her reflective force / Algis Mickunas -- Body images and the politcs 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 overconformist / 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 94-16093
- ISBN
- 0313261369 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 93039353
- OCLC
- 29311508
- Title
- Ideals of feminine beauty : philosophical, social, and cultural dimensions / edited by Karen A. Callaghan.
- Imprint
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
- Series
- Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 141
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-177) and index.
- Indexed Term
- Femininity
- Added Author
- Callaghan, Karen A.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 94-16093