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The Beauty Myth (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Naomi Wolf
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Description for The Beauty Myth (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Paperback. Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 72.
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this shortened edition you will find the essence of Wolf’s groundbreaking book. It is a radical, gripping and frank exposé of the tyranny of the beauty myth, its oppressive function and the destructive obsession it engenders.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784870416
SKU
V9781784870416
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About Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf is a bestselling American writer, known for her advocacy of feminism and progressive politics. She studied at Yale before becoming a Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford, and working in Edinburgh. She became internationally famous with the publication of her first book, The Beauty Myth, in 1991, and has gone on to write many subsequent titles, including: Fire ... Read more
Reviews for The Beauty Myth (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. Every woman should read it
Gloria Steinem 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
The most important feminist publication since The Female Eunuch
... Read more
Gloria Steinem 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
The most important feminist publication since The Female Eunuch
... Read more