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The Beauty Myth

How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women
By Naomi Wolf
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The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf examines how the concept of beauty is socially constructed and is used as a form of control over women. The book explores the impact of this ideal on women's lives, analysing media, work, religion, sex, and hunger, and argues that the pursuit of beauty is a powerful cultural force that can undermine women’s empowerment and equality.
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You might enjoy this thought-provoking book if you are interested in exploring the societal pressures and myths around beauty standards, and how these concepts impact women's health, status, and overall well-being. It's particularly appealing for those who are keen on feminist theory and the intersections of culture, science, and the nature of beauty in modern society.

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The Beauty Myth

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity .

Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look.

Provocative, punchy and important, this is one of the essential classics of modern feminist literature.

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Provocative, punchy and important, this is one of the essential classics of modern feminist literature.

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity.

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 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.

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.

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A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. Every woman should read it Gloria Steinem

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The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf is widely celebrated as an insightful and powerful work exploring the pressures of unrealistic beauty standards on women. It has been praised for its honest depiction of the emotional and physical challenges faced by women striving to fit ideologically imposed ideals. Many reviewers have described it as a pivotal feminist publication, noting its ongoing relevance despite societal changes over the years.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099595748

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 March 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 251g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Naomi Wolf was born in 1962 in San Francisco. She studied at Yale before becoming a Rhodes scholar at New College, Oxford, and working in Edinburgh. The Beauty Myth was published in 1990 and was an international bestseller. This was followed by Fire with Fire, Promiscuities, Misconceptions and The Tree House.

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