Beauty and the Norm Debating Standardization in Bodily Appearance /

Recent decades have seen the rise of a global beauty boom, with profound effects on perceptions of bodies worldwide. Against this background, Beauty and the Norm assembles ethnographic and conceptual approaches from a variety of disciplines and across the globe to debate standardization in bodily ap...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Liebelt, Claudia (Editor), Böllinger, Sarah (Editor), Vierke, Ulf (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment,
Subjects:
Culture > Study and teaching.
Race.
Human body > Social aspects.
Mass media.
Sex.
Cultural Studies.
Race and Ethnicity Studies.
Sociology of the Body.
Media Sociology.
Gender Studies.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Summary:Recent decades have seen the rise of a global beauty boom, with profound effects on perceptions of bodies worldwide. Against this background, Beauty and the Norm assembles ethnographic and conceptual approaches from a variety of disciplines and across the globe to debate standardization in bodily appearance. Its contributions range from empirical research to exploratory conversations between scholars and personal reflections. Bridging hitherto separate debates in critical beauty studies, cultural anthropology, sociology, the history of science, disability studies, gender studies, and critical race studies, this volume reflects upon the gendered, classed, and racialized body, normative regimes of representation, and the global beauty economy. .
Physical Description:XX, 308 p. 17 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783319911748
ISSN:2945-7769
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-91174-8

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