Face value : the hidden ways that beauty shapes women's lives / Autumn Whitefield-Madrano.

"Part social commentary, part cultural analysis, part careful investigation and part powerful personal anecdotes, a provocative book explores the relationship between appearance and science, social media, sex, friendship, language and advertising to show how beauty actually affects us day to day, "-...

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Main Author: Whitefield-Madrano, Autumn (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2016]
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Physical Description:x, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: Beyond the beauty myth -- The pencil test: quantifying the unquantifiable -- Hotties, foxes, and cankles: why we use the words we do -- Lipstick isn't cubist: the artifice of beauty -- The eye of the beholder: sex, dating, and romance -- The prettiest girl in the room: bonding, competition, and other women -- Who's afraid of the Big Bad Media?: skinny models, idealized images, and why maybe it's not such a big deal -- "Like" me: how social media and 24/7 surveillance are shaping women's -- and men's -- self-image -- "Don't you know you're beautiful?": the therapeutic beauty narrative -- Conclusion: Skin deep: looking beyond beauty. 
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650 0 |a Beauty, Personal  |x Social aspects.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012720 
650 0 |a Women  |x Psychology.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147333 
650 0 |a Body image in women.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97002859 
650 0 |a Self-perception in women.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93005737 
650 0 |a Appearance (Philosophy)  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001849 
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