The Beauty Myth
How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
$39.74
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2002
Summary
The bestselling classic that redefined our view of 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 myt…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060512187 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0060512180 |
| Author: | Dr Naomi Wolf |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2002 |
| Weight: | 281g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 136mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Powerful…no other work has…so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars. - New York Times“A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. Every woman should read it.” - Gloria Steinem
About The Author
Dr Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf is the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Beauty Myth, Promiscuities, Misconceptions, The End of America, and Give Me Liberty. She writes for the New Republic, Time, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, La Repubblica, and the Sunday Times (London), among many other publications. She lives with her family in New York City.
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