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Beauty around the world : a cultural encyclopedia /

Kenny, Erin, 1969-

Beauty around the world : a cultural encyclopedia / Erin Kenny and Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols. - xxiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index.

Psychology with a scalpel : does cosmetic surgery boost self esteem? -- Is beauty a biological imperative or a cultural preference? -- The rise of the transgendered beauty pageant : is biology a fixed category? -- If beauty is only skin deep, why is it so important? -- How is men's beauty increasingly commodified?

9781610699440 1610699440

2016058358


Beauty, Personal--Cross-cultural studies.

GT499 / .K46 2017

646.7/2

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