Beauty around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia

Author Erin Kenny - Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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Author

Erin Kenny - Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols

Publisher

ABC-CLIO

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Copyright

2017

ISBN13

9781610699457

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

Taking the concept of beauty seriously, this encyclopedia examines how humanity has sought and continues to seek what is "beautiful" in a variety of cultural contexts, giving readers an understanding of how to look at beauty both intellectually and critically.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1: Acne and Acne Treatments.
2: Advertising.
3: Airbrushing.
4: Apatani Tribe, India.
5: Argentina.
6: Baldness.
7: Barbershop.
8: Barbie.
9: Bathing and Showering.
10: Bbw (Big, Beautiful Woman).
11: Bindi.
12: “Black is Beautiful Movement,” or Black Power.
13: Blondes and Blonde Hair.
14: Bodybuilding.
15: Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
16: Body Modification.
17: Body Positivity.
18: Botox.
19: Brazil.
20: Breast Augmentation and Reduction Surgeries.
21: Breast Binding (Chest Binding).
22: Breast Ironing.
23: Breasts.
24: Brunettes and Black Hair.
25: Bunda.
26: Burlesque.
27: Burqa.
28: Buttocks Lifts and Implants.
29: Butts and Booty.
30: The Caribbean.
31: Chemical Peels and Fillers.
32: China.
33: Class.
34: Corn Rows (“Cane Rows”).
35: Corsets, Shapewear, and Waist Trainers.
36: Dance-Hall Beauty: Skin Out and Bling.
37: Décolletage.
38: Dental Hygiene and Cosmetic Dentistry.
39: Deodorant and Antiperspirants.
40: Disciplinary Practices/Disciplinary Power.
41: Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.
42: Drag.
43: Dreadlocks.
44: Eating Disorders.
45: Egypt.
46: Elongated Labia.
47: Exoticize.
48: Eye Color.
49: Eye Shape.
50: Eyebrows.
51: Eyelid Surgery.
52: Facelifts.
53: Facial Hair.
54: Feminism.
55: Fetish.
56: Footbinding.
57: Geisha.
58: Gender.
59: Goth and Gothic.
60: Greece.
61: Grillz (Grills).
62: Hair.
63: Hair Dye.
64: Hair Extensions and Weaves.
65: Hair Removal.
66: Hair Straightening.
67: Headbinding.
68: Height.
69: High Heels.
70: Hijab.
71: Himba of Namibia (Herero, Ovahimba).
72: Hourglass Shape.
73: India.
74: Indonesia.
75: Injections.
76: Iran.
77: Italy.
78: Japan.
79: Jewelry.
80: Kayan (Karen) Neck Rings (“Padaung Neck Rings”).
81: Kayapo.
82: Labiaplasty.
83: Leg Lengthening Surgery.
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