350 Pages
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Routledge
346 Pages
by
Routledge
346 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
New Preface Preface Acknowledgements 1. Why This Book? 2. The Problem of Beauty: Myth and Reality 3. The Representation of Venus: An Ideal in Search of a Definition 4. Beauty in Our Time 5. Attitudes Toward Beauty 6. The Pathology of Beauty 7. Talking About Beauty 8. Men and Beauty 9. Beauty and Ethnicity 10. Some Final Thoughts Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Robin Tolmach Lakoff and Raquel L. Scherr
