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The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women

Title
The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women / Naomi Wolf.
Author
Wolf, Naomi.
Publication
New York : Perennial, 2002.
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348 pages; 21 cm
Summary
Wolf says the new obsession with women's appearance arose as part of a violent backlash against feminism, a political weapon imposing on women new restrictions.
Subject
  • Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
  • Femininity
  • Sex role
Note
  • Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Morrow, c1991.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-335) and index.
Contents
The beauty myth -- Work -- Culture -- Religion -- Sex -- Hunger -- Violence -- Beyond the beauty myth.
ISBN
  • 0060512180 (pbk.)
  • 9780060512187 (pbk.)
LCCN
2002072516
OCLC
  • ocm49902995
  • SCSB-5618530
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries