Der schöne Körper
Subtitle: afrikanische Weiblichkeitskonzepte
By: Margit Lehr
Series: Leipziger Arbeiten zur Geschichte und Kultur in Afrika -- No. 15; University of Leipzig papers on Africa -- No. 15
Publisher: Univ. Leipzig, Inst. für Afrikanistik
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: ger
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9783935999717
Subjects: Women; Personal Beauty; Femininity
Description: "This volume examines the relationship between female beauty ideals and concepts of femininity in different ethnic groups. Understanding the body as a carrier of social and cultural signs, it attemtps to connect the direct and indirect implications of specific techniques of body modification with the social roles of women within their respective ethnic groups"--P. [2] of voer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]-80) and index.