Beauty unlimited [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peg Zeglin Brand ; foreword by Carolyn Korsmeyer

• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4
• Soggetto topico: Beauty, Personal; Human body - Social aspects; Body image
• Altri autori: BrandPeggy Zeglin
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Revising the concept of beauty : laying the groundwork -- pt. 2. Standards of beauty -- pt. 3. The body in performance -- pt. 4. Beauty and the state.
• Sommario/riassunto: Emphasizing the human body in all of its forms, Beauty Unlimited expands the boundaries of what is meant by beauty both geographically and aesthetically. Peg Zeglin Brand and an international group of contributors interrogate the body and the meaning of physical beauty in this multidisciplinary volume. This striking and provocative book explores the history of bodily beautification; the physicality of socially or culturally determined choices of beautification; the interplay of gender, race, class, age, sexuality, and ethnicity within and on the body; and the aesthetic meaning of the concept of beauty in an increasingly globalized world.
• Titolo autorizzato: Beauty unlimited
• ISBN: 1-283-88946-3; 0-253-00653-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825688303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II