Pervasive Beauty
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Pervasive Beauty
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Author : Jeffrey Lieber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Pervasive Beauty written by Jeffrey Lieber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Architecture categories.
Beauty And Misogyny
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Author : Sheila Jeffreys
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-03
Beauty And Misogyny written by Sheila Jeffreys and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-03 with Psychology categories.
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 as 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. The book concludes by considering how a culture of resistance to these practices can be created. A new and thoroughly updated edition of this essential work will appeal to all levels of students and teachers of gender studies, cultural studies and feminist psychology, and to anyone with an interest in feminism, women and beauty, and women's health.
Beauty Through Consumerism
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Author : Elhum Navid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Beauty Through Consumerism written by Elhum Navid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
Face Value
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Author : Robin Lakoff
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-11-30
Face Value written by Robin Lakoff and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
First published in 1984, Face Value confronts the pervasive power of beauty through art and literature, as well as interviews with men and women with varying perspectives on the subject. The topics covered range widely: the history of beauty from the Greeks to the present; the pathology of beauty: how women have been willing to harm themselves, mentally and physically, to achieve ‘beauty’; the language we use to speak of beauty, and its implications; our attitudes towards beauty, as examined by psychologists; beauty and ethnic identity; men and beauty. The authors present in fact a redefinition of beauty, enabling both women and men to enjoy it in themselves and in others, while discarding the sex-role stereotypes that have governed the definition of beauty in the past. With a new preface that explores the gaps created by time in the book’s discourse, this book will be of interest to students of linguistics, gender studies, women’s studies, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology.
J F R F
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
J F R F written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with categories.
Beauty And Misogyny
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Author : Sheila Jeffreys
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-05-31
Beauty And Misogyny written by Sheila Jeffreys and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-31 with Psychology categories.
Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female deference, this book argues that they should. In the 1970s feminists criticized pervasive beauty regimes such as dieting and depilation, but some ‘new’ feminists argue that beauty practices are no longer oppressive now that women can ‘choose’ them. However, in the last two decades the brutality of western beauty practices seems to have become much more severe, requiring the breaking of skin, spilling of blood and rearrangement or amputation of body parts. Beauty and Misogyny seeks to make sense of why beauty practices are not only just as persistent, but in many ways 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 and surgical alteration of the labia. It looks at the cosmetic surgery and body piercing/cutting industries as being forms of self-mutilation by proxy, in which the surgeons and piercers serve as proxies to harm women’s bodies, and concludes by considering how a culture of resistance to these practices can be created. This essential work will appeal to students and teachers of feminist psychology, gender studies, cultural studies, and feminist sociology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to anyone with an interest in feminism, women and beauty, and women’s health.
Dehypnotic Meditation
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Author : Swami Yogiraj Nanak
language : en
Publisher: Pustak Mahal
Release Date : 2003-07
Dehypnotic Meditation written by Swami Yogiraj Nanak and has been published by Pustak Mahal this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07 with Meditation categories.
What is Dehypnotic Meditation? It is the door to a voyage into the Infinite. And here is a book that presents a refreshing and definitive guide to this most popular subject. It leads the reader gently but firmly through the different stages of meditation up to the ultimate experience. Originally it is authored by Swami Yogiraj, the 14th spiritual descendant to the seat of the 16th century saint-poet, Baba Maluk Das of Kada, Allahabad, India. the book explains the working of the mind and how to go beyond it and discover the source of joy and wisdom within. the book covers all aspects of meditation - psychological, philosophical and spiritual - and provides practical guidance to beginners and experts alike.
Lifescapes
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Author : Jeremy Burchardt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-30
Lifescapes written by Jeremy Burchardt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-30 with History categories.
A compelling study of the influences that shape our responses to landscape, through eight modern British lives.
Becoming Women
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Author : Carla Rice
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2014-02-24
Becoming Women written by Carla Rice and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-24 with Social Science categories.
In a culture where beauty is currency, women’s bodies are often perceived as measures of value and worth. The search for visibility and self-acceptance can be daunting, especially for those on the cultural margins of “beauty.” Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misrepresented groups. Carla Rice pairs popular imagery with personal narratives to expose the “culture of contradiction” where increases in individual body acceptance have been matched by even more restrictive feminine image ideals and norms. With insider insights from the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, Rice exposes the beauty industry’s colonization of women’s bodies, and examines why “the beauty myth” has yet to be resolved.
Why Us
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Author : James Le Fanu
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-03-17
Why Us written by James Le Fanu and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-17 with Social Science categories.
In this daring treatise on the current state of scientific inquiry, James Le Fanu challenges the common assumption that further progress in genetic research and neuroscience must ultimately explain all there is to know about life and man’s place in the world. On the contrary, he argues, the most recent scientific findings point to an unbridgeable explanatory gap between the genes strung out along the Double Helix and the beauty and diversity of the living world—and between the electrical activity of the brain and the abundant creativity of the human mind. His exploration of these mysteries, and his analysis of where they might lead us in our thinking about the nature and purpose of human existence, form the impassioned and riveting heart of Why Us?