The science of beauty
Subtitle: culture and cosmetics in modern Germany, 1750-1930
By: Annelie Ramsbrock ; translated by David Burnett
Edition: First edition.
Series: Worlds of consumption
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781137489807
Subjects: Cosmetics; Personal Beauty; Beauty culture; Body image; Social life and customs; HEALTH & FITNESS / Beauty & Grooming; HISTORY / Europe / Germany; HISTORY / Social History
Description: "What is the connection between middle-class women of the 19th century with the maimed soldiers of the First World War? What do the Weimar Republic's "New Woman" and the subjects of public health campaigns have in common? As Annelie Ramsbrock reveals in this fascinating history, they were all part of an ongoing historical debate in Germany over cosmetics and cosmetic surgery. Covering a wide historical scope from the Enlightenment to the emergence of National Socialism, this book shows that basic ideals of beauty have always been closely related to a society's conception of itself, from organ transplants to the manufacture of cosmetics to scientific research. At the same time, body modification has also presented new ways to subvert or radically reimagine the social order"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.