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020 $a9781848724471 (hardback)
020 $a1848724470 (hardback)
020 $a9781848724488 (paperback)
020 $a1848724489 (paperback)
020 $z9781315771458 (ebook)
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050 00 $aHQ1219$b.J44 2015
082 00 $a305.42$223
084 $aPSY031000$aSOC028000$aSOC032000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aJeffreys, Sheila.
245 10 $aBeauty and misogyny :$bharmful cultural practices in the West /$cSheila Jeffreys.
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aHove, East Sussex ;$aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$c2015.
300 $axxiii, 189 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aWomen and psychology
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index.
520 $a"The new edition of Beauty and Misogyny revisits and updates Sheila Jeffreys' uncompromising critique of Western beauty practice and the industries and ideologies behind it. Jeffreys argues that beauty practices are not related to individual female choice or creative expression, but represent instead an important aspect of women's oppression. As these practices have become increasingly brutal and pervasive, the need to scrutinize and dismantle them is if anything more urgent now than it was in 2005 when the first edition of the book was published. The United Nations concept of 'harmful traditional/cultural practices' provides a useful lens for the author to advance her critique. She makes the case for including Western beauty practices within this definition, examining their role in damaging women's health, creating sexual difference and enforcing female deference. First-wave feminists of the 1970s criticized pervasive beauty regimes such as dieting and depilation, but a later argument took hold that beauty practices were no longer oppressive now that women could 'choose' them. In recent years the reality of Western beauty practices has become much more bloody and severe, requiring the breaking of skin and the rearrangement or amputation of body parts. Beauty and Misogyny seeks to make sense of why beauty practices have not only persisted but become more extreme. It examines the pervasive use of makeup, the misogyny of fashion and high-heeled shoes, and looks at the role of pornography in the creation of increasingly popular beauty practices such as breast implants, genital waxing, surgical alteration of the labia, and other forms of self-mutilation"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)
650 0 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aWomen$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aWomen$xHealth and hygiene.
650 0 $aWomen in popular culture.
650 0 $aMisogyny.
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00922652
650 7 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01730101
650 7 $aMisogyny.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01023668
650 7 $aWomen$xHealth and hygiene.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01176758
650 7 $aWomen in popular culture.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01177953
650 7 $aWomen$xSocial life and customs.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01176964
830 0 $aWomen and psychology.
852 00 $bglx$hHQ1219$i.J44 2015