The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women - Couverture souple

Wolf, Naomi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0385423977 ISBN 13 : 9780385423977

Editeur : Anchor Books, 1992

Synopsis

Book by Wolf Naomi

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'A brilliant, bracing book...this remains essential reading' Guardian

The struggle for gender equality has played out alongside the unchanging belief that women must be beautiful. In this groundbreaking work of feminism, Naomi Wolf argues that our all-pervading emphasis on the importance of female beauty entraps women in the ceaseless pursuit of a physical ideal and colours perceptions of women at home, at work, in the media and in public life. With razor sharp insight and fascinating examples, Wolf exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth, its oppressive function and the destructive obsession in engenders.

See also: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The controversial, critically-acclaimed, bestselling book that kickstarted the third wave of feminism is now available with a new introduction and a new look.

In 1990, Naomi Wolf published The Beauty Myth - a book that catapulted Wolf into the international spotlight and onto bestseller lists everywhere (88 straight weeks on The Globe and Mail bestseller list). The effects it had on feminist discourse can still be felt today (and in some ways are even more relevant), and the author's new introduction will help put all the controversy, debate, and media it inspired in context for the next millennium.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Anchor Books
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0385423977
• ISBN 13: 9780385423977
• Reliure: Broché