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Beauty secretsBeauty secrets

Beauty secrets1986

W. Chapkis

About this book

"Beauty Secrets" explores the links between appearance, gender and sexuality; it empowers women to share the secrets of their relationship to imposed standards of beauty showing how women are constantly required to 'pass' by wrapping their 'unacceptable' and 'undisguised' selves in layers of conformity to acceptable beauty standards. -- back cover.

Details

First published
1986
OL Work ID
OL3295626W

Subjects

FemininitySex roleFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)Personal Beauty

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