Publication

2015 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

69,250 words, Guess

Page Count

277 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781137489807
  • ISBN-101137489804
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014047643
  • Better World Books9781137489807
  • Open LibraryOL31062295M

Classifications

  • DDC646.7/20943
  • LCCGT2340 .R36 2015
  • LCCHM401-1281HM548DAW10

Description

"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"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Worlds of consumption

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Other Editions

  • The science of beauty: culture and cosmetics in modern Germany, 1750-1930Palgrave Macmillan2015-01-01

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