'A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. With pertinent and intelligent examples, she confronts the beauty industry and its advertising and uncovers the reasons why women are consumed by this destructive obsession. The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf examines how beauty is used as a demand and as a judgment upon women. Author: Naomi Wolf Date published: 1991 Emily Wilson Tue 09.24 EDT If you have wasted even a minute of today worrying about the way your hair, breasts or thighs look, or about the. In this iconic, gripping and frank expose, Naomi Wolf exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the media, in relationships between men and women, between women and women. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. Follow the Author Naomi Wolf The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women Paperback 5 September 1991 by Naomi Wolf (Author) 915 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 296.80 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 2,027.00 3 Used from 2,027.00 1 New from 13,872. Įvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. When you buy books using these links the Internet Archive may earn a small commission.
The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. The beauty myth by Naomi Wolf, 1991, Vintage Books edition, - Rev.
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