5/28/2023 0 Comments The beauty myth by naomi wolf'A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. With pertinent and intelligent examples, she confronts the beauty industry and its advertising and uncovers the reasons why women are consumed by this destructive obsession. Its the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill societys impossible definition of 'the flawless beauty.' ©2002, 1991 Naomi Wolf (P)2013 Audible, Inc. In this iconic, gripping and frank expose, Naomi Wolf exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the media, in relationships between men and women, between women and women. Wolf offers chapters on how the beauty myth functions at work, in the media and culture, in the religious sphere, and in sex and sexual relations she also discusses relationship to violence. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. Įvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. Publisher Vintage Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks americana Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. Publication date 1991 Topics Feminine beauty (Aesthetics), Femininity., Sex role.
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