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Author Jeffreys, Sheila.

Title Beauty and misogyny : harmful cultural practices in the West / Sheila Jeffreys.

Publisher London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
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LOCATION CLASS NO. STATUS
 Main Stack LSAD  305.42 JEF    DUE 18-10-17
Descript viii, 206 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Women and psychology
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-194) and index.
Contents The 'grip of culture on the body': beauty practices as women's agency or women's subordination -- Harmful beauty practices and western culture -- Transfemininity: 'dressed' men reveal the naked reality of male power -- Pornochic: prostitution constructs beauty -- Fashion and misogyny -- Making up is hard to do -- Men's foot and shoe fetishism and the disabling of women -- Cutting up women: beauty practices as self-mutilation by proxy. conclusion: a culture of resistance.
Subject Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Body, Human -- Social aspects.
Women -- Social life and customs.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Women in popular culture.
Misogyny.
Beauty.
Beauty Culture.
Body Image.
Cultural Characteristics.
Feminism.
Western World.
ISBN 0415351820 (pbk.)
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