Blonde like me
Subtitle: the roots of the blonde myth in our culture
By: Natalia Ilyin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780684852140
Subjects: Blondes; Social life and customs; Biography
Description: "In this irreverent, unsparing, and witty look at our cultural obsession with blonde, Natalia Ilyin shows us that our apparently modern fixation has truly primeval roots. Highlighting cultural criticism with personal experience, she cites ancient myths, Hollywood iconography, and the daily assault of advertising to reveal why the allure of being a blonde has crossed the boundaries of ethnicity, economics, and age.

In essence, she shows us the difference between simply having blonde hair and being a blonde."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "A Touchstone book."
Table of contents: title: The Drugstore Goddess --; title: Innocent Blonde --; title: Oh, That Strawberry Roan --; title: The Semi-Dior Pivot --; title: I, Defiler --; title: Sun Blonde --; title: Farrah and the Song Girls --; title: Apollo in Drag --; title: The Armpiece Years --; title: The Dark Side of Blonde --; title: Moon Blonde --; title: Ironic Blonde --; title: Jung for Home Use --; title: Old Blonde --; title: Fair Fame and the Goat Lady.