Body work : beauty and self-image in American culture / Debra L. Gimlin.

Author: Gimlin, Debra L., 1967-

Imprint:Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.

Descriptionx, 171 p. ; 22 cm.

Note:Introduction : body work as self work -- 1. The hair salon : social class, power, and ideal beauty -- 2. Aerobics : neutralizing the body and renegotiating the self -- 3. Cosmetic surgery : paying for your beauty -- 4. NAAFA : reinterpreting the fat body -- Conclusion : the body, oppression, and resistance.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-163) and index.

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