Looking good : college women and body image, 1875-1930 / Margaret A. Lowe.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Gender relations in the American experience.
Main Author: Lowe, Margaret A., 1961-
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Series:Gender relations in the American experience.
Subjects:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > United States.
Body image > United States.
Women college students > United States.
Women > United States > Identity.
Physical Description:viii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ideals and expectations : race, health, and femininity
  • Fit for academia : gaining pounds, vigor, and virtue
  • Body, spirit, and race : embodying respect
  • The college look : campus fashions
  • Modern sexuality : new women, coeds, and flappers
  • The new shape of science : diets and dieting on campus.