Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female deference, this book argues that they should. In the 1970s feminists criticized p...(展开全部)

Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female deference, this book argues that they should. In the 1970s feminists criticiz...(展开全部)

Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female deference, this book argues that they should. In the 1970s feminists criticized p...(展开全部)

The new edition of Beauty and Misogyny revisits and updates Sheila Jeffreys' uncompromising critique of Western beauty practice and the industries and ideologies behind it. Jeffreys argues that beauty practices are not related to individual female choice or creative expression, but represent instead an important aspect of women's oppression. As these practices have become incre...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In "On Beauty and Being Just", Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but a...(展开全部)

作者： 加布丽埃勒 - 苏珊·巴尔博·德维尔纳夫（1695—1755）出生于法国巴黎。她的作品受到同时代作家的影响，特别是《灰姑娘》的作者夏尔·佩罗和首位提出“fairy tales”（神话故事）之说的奥诺伊公爵夫人。加布丽埃勒 - 苏珊一生出版了多部小说，而她最广为人知的身份是《美女与野兽》的原作者。 绘者： 米娜利马（MinaLima）是一家一流的平面设计工作室，它的创始人是米拉波拉·米娜（Miraphora Mina）和爱德华多·利马（Eduardo Lima）。他们曾为《哈利·波特》系列电影工作了十年，为该系列电影打造了一种独特的视觉图像风格。在伦敦设立工作室以后，他们继续用视觉艺术语言来讲故事，设计的领域包括书籍装帧、包装设计以及为电影创作图形道具。他们曾参与的电影有《理发师陶德》（2007 年）、《金色罗盘》（2007 年）、《模仿游戏》...(展开全部)

When the repulsively ugly Coddie unintentionally saves a fairy from a spell, she does not understand the poisonous nature of the wish granted her by the fairy. The village folk no longer see her as repulsive and stinking of fish—they now perceive her as magnetically beautiful—which does not help her in her village. A young local lord saves her, but it soon becomes apparent that...(展开全部)

When the repulsively ugly Coddie unintentionally saves a fairy from a spell, she does not understand the poisonous nature of the wish granted her by the fairy. The village folk no longer see her as repulsive and stinking of fish—they now perceive her as magnetically beautiful—which does not help her in her village. A young local lord saves her, but it soon becomes apparent that...(展开全部)

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. Here, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful, and examining ...(展开全部)