The masque of femininity : the presentation of woman in everyday life

The masque of femininity : the presentation of woman in everyday life /

"This innovative and wide-ranging book explores the construction of femininity in Western society. Drawing on an extraordinary range of theory, empirical sources and original research, Efrat Tseelon examines the role of the visual - of fashion, the body and personal appearance - in defining the...

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Main Author: Tseëlon, Efrat
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1995.
Series:Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Femininity.
Women > Sociological aspects.
Women > Identity.
Beauty, Personal.
Seduction.
Self-perception in women.
Féminité.
Femmes > Identité.
Beauté corporelle.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique)
Séduction.
Perception de soi chez la femme.
Femmes > Aspect sociologique.
seductions.
Frauenbild
Geschlechterrolle
Konstruktivismus > Soziologie
Sozialpsychologie
Weiblichkeit
Vrouwen.
Vrouwelijkheid.
Dagelijks leven.
Sekserol.
Beauté féminine (esthétique)
Féminité.
Table of Contents:
  • Fatal seductions: And God created woman
  • Masking the self: the lady is a fake
  • The gender of the spectacle
  • The beauty myth: the princess is a frog
  • The beauty masque of death
  • Postmodernism and the clothed meaning.

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