Beauty secrets
Subtitle: women and the politics of appearance
By: Wendy Chapkis ; photos, Gon Buurman.
Publisher: South End Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Femininity; Sex role
Description: "Beauty Secrets" explores the links between appearance, gender and sexuality; it empowers women to share the secrets of their relationship to imposed standards of beauty showing how women are constantly required to 'pass' by wrapping their 'unacceptable' and 'undisguised' selves in layers of conformity to acceptable beauty standards. -- back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 205-209.
Includes index.