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Look at my ugly face : myths and musings on beauty and other perilous obsessions with women's appearance / by Halprin, Sara.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-332) and index.

Subjects: Beauty, Personal.; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Ugliness.; Creative ability.;

© 1996, c1995., Penguin Books,

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The culture of beauty / by Gerdes, Louise I.,1953-;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-180) and index.This volume examines how today's standards of attractiveness and plastic surgery techniques have changed in light of multicultural and global influences. It explores various related topics by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.

Subjects: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Beauty, Personal; Body image.; Aesthetics;

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Made up : how the beauty industry manipulates consumers, preys on women's insecurities, and promotes unattainable beauty standards / by Laham, Martha,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-266) and index."Made Up: How the Beauty Industry Manipulates Consumers, Preys on Women's Insecurities, and Promotes Unattainable Beauty Standards takes a hard look at the multibillion-dollar beauty industry, which promotes unrealistic beauty standards, perpetuates gender stereotypes, and uses sexual objectification to sell products. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 explores the global beauty industry, traces the cultural history of cosmetics, examines the regulatory climate of the cosmetics industry, and profiles the beauty consumer. Part 2 investigates the pervasiveness and persistence of the feminine beauty ideal, explores the globalization of Western standards of beauty, analyzes the myth-making power of beauty advertising, and decodes archetypal and stereotypical portrayals of women in beauty ads. Part 3 investigates the decorative and sexual depictions of women in beauty advertising and analyzes the power of celebrity beauty endorsements. Part 4 looks at the interplay between images of physical perfection in advertising messages and the surge in body modification and enhancement"--The beauty industrial complex -- The beauty industry unmasked -- The beauty seekers -- The perfect woman -- The myth makers -- The decorative sex -- The persuaders -- The shapeshifters -- The skin trade.

Subjects: Cosmetics industry; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Beauty, Personal; Beauty culture;

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The ways women age : using and refusing cosmetic intervention / by Brooks, Abigail T.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index.Introduction : older women in cosmetic culture -- "I wanted to look like me again" : aging, identity, and cosmetic intervention -- "I am what I am!" : the freedom of growing older "naturally" -- "Age changes you, but not like surgery" : refusing cosmetic intervention -- "Can we just stop the clock here?" : promise and peril in the anti-aging explosion -- "Why should I be the ugly one?" : social circles of intervention -- "It's not in my world" : living as a natural ager -- Conclusion : taking the body back -- Epilogue.The story of how and why some women choose to use, while others refuse, cosmetic intervention. What is it like to be a woman growing older in a culture where you cannot go to the doctor, open a magazine, watch television, or surf the internet without encountering products and procedures that are designed to make you look younger? What do women have to say about their decision to embrace cosmetic anti-aging procedures? And, alternatively, how do women come to decide to grow older without them? In the United States today, women are the overwhelming consumers of cosmetic anti-aging surgeries and technologies. And while not all women undergo these procedures, their exposure to them is almost inevitable. Set against the backdrop of commercialized medicine in the United States today, Abigail T. Brooks investigates the anti-aging craze from the perspective of women themselves, examining the rapidly changing cultural attitudes, pressures, and expectations of female aging. Drawn from in-depth interviews with women in the United States who choose, and refuse, to have cosmetic anti-aging procedures, The Ways Women Age provides a fresh understanding of how today's women feel about aging. The women's stories in this book are personal biographies that explore identity and body image and are reflexively shaped by beauty standards, expectations of femininity, and an increasingly normalized climate of cosmetic anti-aging intervention. The Ways Women Age offers a critical perspective on how women respond to 21st century expectations of youth and beauty.

Subjects: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Older women.; Aging; Body image in women.; Surgery, Plastic;

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Unbearable weight : feminism, Western culture, and the body / by Bordo, Susan,1947-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-342) and index.

Subjects: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Body, Human; Body image; Self-esteem in women; Feminist criticism;

© 2003., University of California Press,

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The beauty industry : gender, culture, pleasure / by Black, Paula,1966-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.Ordinary people come through here: introducing the work of the beauty salon -- Inventing beauty: the history of the beauty salon -- Just because it feels good doesn't make it right?: identity in the beauty salon -- The hidden labour of beauty -- Look good, feel better: promoting health in the beauty salon -- You feel better when you leave: some concluding comments.

Subjects: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Beauty, Personal; Beauty culture; Body, Human; Beauty shops; Cosmetics industry.; Mind and body.; Cosmetica-industrie.; Schoonheidsverzorging.; Vrouwen.; Sociologische aspecten.;

© 2004., Routledge,

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Jane Austen / by Lynch, Jack(John T.);

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-334) and index.About This Volume -- Jack Lynch / CAREER, LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: On Jane Austen -- Jack Lynch ; Biography of Jane Austen -- Rosemary M. Canfield Reisman ; The Paris Review Perspective -- Radhika Jones for The Paris Review / CRITICAL CONTEXTS: Jane Austen: A Cultural and Historical Context -- Neil Heims ; Jane Austen: The Critical Reception -- Bonnie Blackwell ; Pride, Prejudice, and Persuasion: A Comparison of Two Novels by Jane Austen -- Dominick Grace / CRITICAL READING: Emma -- Bernard J. Paris ; Jane Austen and Female Reading - Robert W. Uphaus ; Why There's No Sex in Jane Austen's Fiction -- Susan Morgan ; Liberty, Connection, and Tyranny: The Novels of Jane Austen and the Aesthetic Movement of the Picturesque -- Jill Heydt-Stevenson ; Of Woman Borne: Male Experience and Feminine Truth in Jane Austen's Novels -- Sarah R. Morrison ; Rank and Status -- Christopher Brooke ; Early Phase Versus Major Phase: The Changing Feelings of the Mind -- William Deresiewicz ; Conjecturing Possibilities: Reading and Misreading Texts in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice -- Felicia Bonaparte ; Pride and Prejudice and the Beauty of Justice -- Sarah Emsley / RESOURCES: Chronology of Jane Austen's Life ; Works by Jane Austen ; Biography ; About the Editor ; About The Paris Review ; Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Index."This collection brings together a selection of recent representative critical essays on Austen from a variety of perspectives."--About this volume.

Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English;

© ©2010., Salem Press,

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Jane Austen / by Lynch, Jack(John T.),ed.;

"This collection brings together a selection of recent representative critical essays on Austen from a variety of perspectives."--About this volume.Includes bibliographical references and index.About This Volume -- Jack Lynch / CAREER, LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: On Jane Austen -- Jack Lynch ; Biography of Jane Austen -- Rosemary M. Canfield Reisman ; The Paris Review Perspective -- Radhika Jones for The Paris Review / CRITICAL CONTEXTS: Jane Austen: A Cultural and Historical Context -- Neil Heims ; Jane Austen: The Critical Reception -- Bonnie Blackwell ; Pride, Prejudice, and Persuasion: A Comparison of Two Novels by Jane Austen -- Dominick Grace / CRITICAL READING: Emma -- Bernard J. Paris ; Jane Austen and Female Reading - Robert W. Uphaus ; Why There's No Sex in Jane Austen's Fiction -- Susan Morgan ; Liberty, Connection, and Tyranny: The Novels of Jane Austen and the Aesthetic Movement of the Picturesque -- Jill Heydt-Stevenson ; Of Woman Borne: Male Experience and Feminine Truth in Jane Austen's Novels -- Sarah R. Morrison ; Rank and Status -- Christopher Brooke ; Early Phase Versus Major Phase: The Changing Feelings of the Mind -- William Deresiewicz ; Conjecturing Possibilities: Reading and Misreading Texts in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice -- Felicia Bonaparte ; Pride and Prejudice and the Beauty of Justice -- Sarah Emsley / RESOURCES: Chronology of Jane Austen's Life ; Works by Jane Austen ; Biography ; About the Editor ; About The Paris Review ; Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Index.

Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817;

© 2010., Salem Press,

On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://online.salempress.com/doi/book/10.3331/CIA_Austen -- Available online. Click here to access.;

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