feminine beauty (aesthetics)

"Made Up: How the Beauty Industry Manipulates Consumers, Preys on Women's Insecurities, and Promotes Unattainable Beauty Standards takes a hard look at the multibillion-dollar beauty industry, which promotes unrealistic beauty standards, perpetuates gender stereotypes, and uses sexual objectification to sell products. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 explores the global beauty industry, traces the cultural history of cosmetics, examines the regulatory climate of the cosmetics industry, and profiles the beauty consumer. Part 2 investigates the pervasiveness and persistence of the feminine beauty ideal, explores the globalization of Western standards of beauty, analyzes the myth-making power of beauty advertising, and decodes archetypal and stereotypical portrayals of women in beauty ads. Part 3 investigates the decorative and sexual depictions of women in beauty advertising and analyzes the power of celebrity beauty endorsements. Part 4 looks at the interplay between images of physical perfection in advertising messages and the surge in body modification and enhancement"--.

Explores the role of female beauty in the history of world art, from 1785 to 1988, through an examination of twelve iconic works, looking at each in the context of its culture, time, aesthetic appeal, and artistic influence, and including discussion of related themes.

Explores the role of female beauty in the history of world art, from c. 25,000-22,000 BC to the early eighteenth century, through an examination of eleven iconic works, looking at each in the context of its culture, time, aesthetic appeal, and artistic influence, and including discussion of related themes.

While individual women can focus on cultivating a healthy body image, it is important for young women to analyze how the media and others encourage unhealthy perceptions of what women's bodies are supposed to look like.

Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps -- gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren't surprised. After all, it wasn't the first time that someone had slipped away and left Finn and Sean O'Sullivan on their own. Just a few years before, their mother had high-tailed it to Oregon for a brand new guy, a brand new life. That's just how things go, the people said. Who are you going to blame? Finn knows that's not what happened with Roza. He knows she was kidnapped, ripped from the cornfields by a dangerous man whose face he cannot remember. But the searches turned up nothing, and no one believes him anymore. Not even Sean, who has more reason to find Roza than anyone, and every reason to blame Finn for letting her go.--.

The author chronicles her effort to avoid looking at her body in a mirror for an entire year, revealing how the journey allowed her to rediscover her sense of true beauty.

Contains nine essays in which the author examines the myths, ideologies, and pathologies of the modern female body, exploring society's fascination with food, hunger, desire, and control, and its effects on women's lives.

Describes the shifting ideal of beauty in the United States, from colonial times to the present, and how it influenced and was influenced by societal and economic changes.

Discusses the psychological impact of health and beauty issues on women, calling for greater self-acceptance and covering such topics as eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, and the fashion industry.