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Synopsis
Explores the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement.
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About the Author
Naomi Wolf graduated from Yale in 1984 and won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. The Beauty Myth was published in 14 countries (over 66,000 copies sold in paperback in Canada to date) and became an instant bestseller. Wolf has appeared on many talk shows and speaks to college audiences across North America.
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Explores the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement.
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phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement.
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Wolf's valuable study, documenting societal pressures on women to conform to a standard of beauty, hit PW 's hardcover bestseller list for one week.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of the flawless beauty. Powerful. No other work has. so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars. --New York Times An important book for women--and men--to read. --Christian Science Monitor The most important feminist publication since The Female Eunuch. --Germaine Greer Provocative and persuasive. --Library Journal. Seller Inventory # 00097733133
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of the flawless beauty. Powerful. No other work has. so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars. --New York Times An important book for women--and men--to read. --Christian Science Monitor The most important feminist publication since The Female Eunuch. --Germaine Greer Provocative and persuasive. --Library Journal. Seller Inventory # 00107328483
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