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The science of beauty : culture and cosmetics in modern Germany, 1750-1930
- Title
- The science of beauty : culture and cosmetics in modern Germany, 1750-1930 / Annelie Ramsbrock ; translated by David Burnett.
- Author
- Ramsbrock, Annelie.
- Publication
- New York NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-4467 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- x, 277 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "What is the connection between middle-class women of the 19th century with the maimed soldiers of the First World War? What do the Weimar Republic's "New Woman" and the subjects of public health campaigns have in common? As Annelie Ramsbrock reveals in this fascinating history, they were all part of an ongoing historical debate in Germany over cosmetics and cosmetic surgery. Covering a wide historical scope from the Enlightenment to the emergence of National Socialism, this book shows that basic ideals of beauty have always been closely related to a society's conception of itself, from organ transplants to the manufacture of cosmetics to scientific research. At the same time, body modification has also presented new ways to subvert or radically reimagine the social order"--
- Series Statement
- Worlds of consumption
- Uniform Title
- Worlds of consumption.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4467
- ISBN
- 9781137489807 (hardback)
- 1137489804 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2014047643
- OCLC
- 904901939
- Author
- Ramsbrock, Annelie.
- Title
- The science of beauty : culture and cosmetics in modern Germany, 1750-1930 / Annelie Ramsbrock ; translated by David Burnett.
- Publisher
- New York NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Worlds of consumptionWorlds of consumption.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4467