Beauty unlimited
By: edited by Peg Zeglin Brand ; foreword by Carolyn Korsmeyer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9780253006424; 9780253006493; 9780253006530
Subjects: Social aspects; Body image; Human body; Personal Beauty
Description: "Emphasizing the human body in all of its forms, Beauty Unlimited expands the boundaries of what is meant by beauty both geographically and aesthetically. Peg Zeglin Brand and an international group of contributors interrogate the body and the meaning of physical beauty in this multidisciplinary volume. This striking and provocative book explores the history of bodily beautification; the physicality of socially or culturally determined choices of beautification; the interplay of gender, race, class, age, sexuality, and ethnicity within and on the body; and the aesthetic meaning of the concept of beauty in an increasingly globalized world."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes index.