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Ideals of feminine beauty : philosophical, social, and cultural dimensions

Author: Karen A Callaghan
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
Series: Contributions in women's studies, no. 141.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ideals of feminine beauty.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994
(OCoLC)654163868
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Karen A Callaghan
ISBN: 0313261369 9780313261367
OCLC Number: 29311508
Description: xv, 184 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The terrible beauty and her reflective force / Algis Mickunas --
Body images and the politics of beauty / Ben Lowe --
The Sita myth and Hindu fundamentalism / Usha Zacharias --
Changing perceptions of feminine beauty in Islamic society / Amira Sonbol --
Symbolic violence and the disembodiment of identity / John W. Murphy --
Making love alone / Eric Mark Kramer --
The anorexic as over conformist / Debra Gimlin --
Female bodily perfection and the divided self / Catherine G. Valentine --
The frosting of the American woman / J. Greg Getz and Hanne K. Klein --
Young African-American women and the language of beauty / Maxine Leeds --
Nothing to lose / Cheri K. Erdman.
Series Title: Contributions in women's studies, no. 141.
Responsibility: edited by Karen A. Callaghan.

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