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The Beauty Myth How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Paperback • 2002 • English

The Beauty Myth How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

By Naomi Wolf

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About the book

The bestselling classic that redefined our view od the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physica...Show more

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9780060512187

Publisher

HarperCollins

Published year

2002

Language

English

Original title

The Beauty Myth How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Format

Paperback

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