Author: Peg Zeglin Brand
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006422
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Emphasizing the human body in all of its forms, Beauty Unlimited expands the boundaries of what is meant by beauty both geographically and aesthetically. Peg Zeglin Brand and an international group of contributors interrogate the body and the meaning of physical beauty in this multidisciplinary volume. This striking and provocative book explores the history of bodily beautification; the physicality of socially or culturally determined choices of beautification; the interplay of gender, race, class, age, sexuality, and ethnicity within and on the body; and the aesthetic meaning of the concept of beauty in an increasingly globalized world.
Beauty Unlimited
Author: Peg Zeglin Brand
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006422
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Emphasizing the human body in all of its forms, Beauty Unlimited expands the boundaries of what is meant by beauty both geographically and aesthetically. Peg Zeglin Brand and an international group of contributors interrogate the body and the meaning of physical beauty in this multidisciplinary volume. This striking and provocative book explores the history of bodily beautification; the physicality of socially or culturally determined choices of beautification; the interplay of gender, race, class, age, sexuality, and ethnicity within and on the body; and the aesthetic meaning of the concept of beauty in an increasingly globalized world.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006422
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Emphasizing the human body in all of its forms, Beauty Unlimited expands the boundaries of what is meant by beauty both geographically and aesthetically. Peg Zeglin Brand and an international group of contributors interrogate the body and the meaning of physical beauty in this multidisciplinary volume. This striking and provocative book explores the history of bodily beautification; the physicality of socially or culturally determined choices of beautification; the interplay of gender, race, class, age, sexuality, and ethnicity within and on the body; and the aesthetic meaning of the concept of beauty in an increasingly globalized world.
Beauty Matters
Author: Peg Zeglin Brand
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253213754
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Beauty has captured human interest since before Plato, but how, why, and to whom does beauty matter in today's world? Whose standard of beauty motivates African Americans to straighten their hair? What inspires beauty queens to measure up as flawless objects for the male gaze? Why does a French performance artist use cosmetic surgery to remake her face into a composite of the master painters' version of beauty? How does beauty culture perceive the disabled body? Is the constant effort to remain young and thin, often at considerable economic and emotional expense, ethically justifiable? Provocative essays by an international group of scholars discuss aesthetics in aesthetics, the arts, the tools of fashion, the materials of decoration, and the big business of beautification—beauty matters—to reveal the ways gender, race, and sexual orientation have informed the concept of beauty and driven us to become more beautiful. Here, Kant rubs shoulders with Calvin Klein. Beauty Matters draws from visual art, dance, cultural history, and literary and feminist theory to explore the values and politics of beauty. Various philosophical perspectives on ethics and aesthetics emerge from this penetrating book to determine and reveal that beauty is never disinterested.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253213754
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Beauty has captured human interest since before Plato, but how, why, and to whom does beauty matter in today's world? Whose standard of beauty motivates African Americans to straighten their hair? What inspires beauty queens to measure up as flawless objects for the male gaze? Why does a French performance artist use cosmetic surgery to remake her face into a composite of the master painters' version of beauty? How does beauty culture perceive the disabled body? Is the constant effort to remain young and thin, often at considerable economic and emotional expense, ethically justifiable? Provocative essays by an international group of scholars discuss aesthetics in aesthetics, the arts, the tools of fashion, the materials of decoration, and the big business of beautification—beauty matters—to reveal the ways gender, race, and sexual orientation have informed the concept of beauty and driven us to become more beautiful. Here, Kant rubs shoulders with Calvin Klein. Beauty Matters draws from visual art, dance, cultural history, and literary and feminist theory to explore the values and politics of beauty. Various philosophical perspectives on ethics and aesthetics emerge from this penetrating book to determine and reveal that beauty is never disinterested.
Fantasy in Lingerie
Author: Penelope Sky
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986800617
Category : Assassins
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986800617
Category : Assassins
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher and publication date from iPage.IngramContent.com.
The Nature and Function of Art
Author: Leopold Eidlitz
Publisher:
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Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Henry De Marsan's New Comic and Sentimental Singer's Journal
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Category : American ballads and songs
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Category : American ballads and songs
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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The Dairymen's League News
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Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Seeing the Middle West
Author: John Thomson Faris
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Category : Middle West
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Category : Middle West
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Bulletin
Author: West Virginia. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Bulletin
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Public Works and Journal of Civil Engineering
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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