The beauty myth
how images of beauty are used against women
1st Anchor Books ed.
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Author
Publication
1992 - Anchor Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
87,000 words, Guess
Page Count
348 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeautymythhowima00wolf
- Internet Archivebeautymythhowima0000wolf
- ISBN-100385423977
- ISBN-139780385423977
- LibraryThing16568
and 4 more
- Goodreads899726
- Library of Congress Control Number92006830
- OCLC Control Number25409882
- Open LibraryOL1705485M
Classifications
- DDC305.42
- LCCHQ1219 .W65 1992
- LCCHQ'1219'W6514'1991
Description
In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty."
First Sentence
When The Beauty Myth was first published, more than ten years ago, I had the chance to hear what must have been thousands of stories.
Excerpt
When The Beauty Myth was first published, more than ten years ago, I had the chance to hear what must have been thousands of stories.
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