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Author Wolf, Naomi.

Title The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women / Naomi Wolf.

Imprint New York : Perennial, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.42 W831b 2002    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description 348 pages ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Morrow, ©1991.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-335) and index.
Contents The beauty myth -- Work -- Culture -- Religion -- Sex -- Hunger -- Violence -- Beyond the beauty myth.
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.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) (OCoLC)fst00922652
Femininity. (OCoLC)fst00922657
Sex role. (OCoLC)fst01114598
ISBN 0060512180 (pbk.)
9780060512187 (pbk.)

 
    
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