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Feminine Ideal
Marianne Thesander
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Description for Feminine Ideal
Hardback. Examines the significance of the female body, beauty and culture. This title shows how the female body is constantly being changed, and by various sometimes punishing means made to fit in with feminine physical ideals. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 185 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; AC; HBTB; JFCK; JFCX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 714.
Why, at a time when women's liberation was gaining force and momentum, did the corset become more cinched and restricting than at any time during the entire preceding century? Why was bra burning a political statement for the feminists of the 1970s? How far is the harnessed and restricted female form an outward symbol of Victorian and middle-class ideas of discipline and self-control? In what ways are women forced to conform to a 'feminine ideal'? In "The Feminine Ideal", Marianne Thesander examines the significance of the female body, beauty and culture. She shows how the female body is constantly being ... Read more
Why, at a time when women's liberation was gaining force and momentum, did the corset become more cinched and restricting than at any time during the entire preceding century? Why was bra burning a political statement for the feminists of the 1970s? How far is the harnessed and restricted female form an outward symbol of Victorian and middle-class ideas of discipline and self-control? In what ways are women forced to conform to a 'feminine ideal'? In "The Feminine Ideal", Marianne Thesander examines the significance of the female body, beauty and culture. She shows how the female body is constantly being ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Picturing History
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861890047
SKU
V9781861890047
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About Marianne Thesander
Marianne Thesander is an ethnologist and lives in Copenhagen.
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