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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Margo Maine |
| ISBN: | 0936077344 9780936077345 |
| OCLC Number: | 43430350 |
| Description: | xi, 307 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The challenge : respecting women's bodies -- 2. Weightism : the "politically correct" form of prejudice -- 3. Obesity : fact or fiction? -- 4. Dieting : deceit, danger and death -- 5. The pursuit of beauty : empowering or disempowering? -- 6. Advertising : guerrilla warfare -- 7. Magazines : propaganda machines -- 8. Fashion : real women have bellies -- 9. Models and beauty pageants : ugly business -- 10. Plastic surgery : self-improvement or self-harm? -- 11. Violence against women : the deadliest body war -- 12. Ageism : when beauty, wisdom and experience get old -- 13. Women's health care : an oxymoron? -- 14. Kids on diets : an early start for body wars -- 15. Barbie dolls & body image : toys are us -- 16. Schools : a problem or solution? -- 17. Sports : just another war zone? -- 18. Ballet : the Olympics of body wars -- 19. Men : targets and teammates. |
| Other Titles: | Making peace with women's bodies |
| Responsibility: | Margo Maine. |
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