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In a country where the average woman is 5-foot-4 and weighs 140 pounds, movies, advertisements, and MTV saturate our lives with unrealistic images of beauty. The tall, nearly emaciated mannequins that push the latest miracle cosmetic make even the most confident woman question her appearance. Feminist Naomi Wolf argues that women's insecurities are heightened by these images, then exploited by the diet, cosmetic, and plastic surgery industries. Every day new products are introduced to "correct" inherently female "flaws," drawing women into an obsessive and hopeless cycle built around the attempt to reach an impossible standard of beauty. Wolf rejects the standard and embraces the naturally distinct beauty of all women.
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Journalist and poet Wolf presents a provocative and persuasive account of the pervasiveness of the beauty ideal in all facets of Western culture, including work, sex, and religion. In showing how this myth works against women and how women sabotage themselves by their complicity with this impossible standard, she discusses at length two unfortunate consequences: the growth in the number of bulimic and anorexic women and the increasing popularity of cosmetic surgery. The facts are certainly stacked to prove her thesis but, for the most part, provide convincing evidence. In her final chapter, Wolf instructs women on how to crack the beauty myth. Recommended, especially for women's studies collections.
- Anne Twitchell, National Re search Council Lib., Washington,
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Anne Twitchell, National Re search Council Lib., Washington,
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Reading the other readers reviews, I am still in awe that this book, written 7 years ago, still gets folks into a rage, which it is supposed to do. One reviewer states that "we already know this stuff anyway.." written in Jan. of 1999. We know this 'stuff' because Wolfe pointed it out. Wolfe was raised during the 60's and 70's when bra banning was in and feminism was not yet a dirty word. This is the second time within nearly a decade that I have read the book....and if you can get past the beginning, it still has meaning. It remains required reading for women studies at many universities and is as controversial and enraging today as it was when first published. It will certainly go down in history as a 'feminist writing'. For that alone, it is worth spending the ten bucks and reading.
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Naomi Wolf is of course famous for being a very pretty affluent white woman who went to Yale and married a wealthy magazine publisher. And so I was surprised that this is often an intelligent and even thoughtful book, not at all as silly as you might think (even though Wolf is infamous for claiming that 150,000 women starve themselves to death every year in this country). Much more than Susan Faludi, another commentator on women's issues and famous for 'Backlash', Wolf looks at the ways this society makes women dislike their own bodies to the extent that they sometimes dislike themselves. I can't help but think that, after seeing Wolf throw her beautiful hair around and poke her bosom out at reporters, she was practically pinching herself with pleasure to have written a book on the 'beauty myth' which so many women have bought, but she's actually pretty intelligent too. Highly recommended.
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The Beauty Myth should be required reading for young women, as far as I am concerned. Men who are puzzled or concerned about women's obesssion with their looks may gain insight as well. Wolf takes a very balanced approach in explaining the 'beauty culture' which helps keep women down, without resorting to conspiracy theories. I would call this the equivalent of The Feminine Mystique for the younger (some would say 'third wave') generation.
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A Book on Beauty by the Most Beautiful WOman in the World
As an author who also has television experience, Naomi Wolf knows the difference that beauty can make in addition to competence. Here reflections are informed and powerful. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Juli 2000 von Kenny Lingus
Naomi Wolfs Beauty Myth is a blow for individualism!
Gloria Steinem is right when she states the following: "The beauty myth is a smart, angry, insightfull book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Mai 2000 von B. Viberg
Timeless and enlightening study of gender issues
I picked this one up after her "Fire With Fire" piece, which boredom prevented me from finishing. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. März 2000 von "coldethyl2"
Haha How wrong could someone be?
I feel digusted to share a name with this horrible person. I picked up this book hoping to hear a good argument for the toneing down of Beauty in the world. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. März 2000 von Namoi Wolf
a real eye-opener..
the title is self-explanatory..a very impressive book.made me see myself in an entirely different light.one basic message-love yourself.thumbs up,ms wolf..great job.
Am 4. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Strong and insightful
Wolf writes in a strong clear no-nonsense manner on a subject shrouded in controversy. This book touches scars gone long unseen by the victims themselves, women. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. September 1999 veröffentlicht
HOW CAN BIOLOGY BE A MYTH?
This book claims that girls and women are sold images of beauty that in the worst case cause 10's of thousands of deaths due to things like anorexia. Firstly, this is not true. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. August 1999 von Edward Baiamonte
Good for Men, Too...
The cover quote calls this a must-read for all women. I would include men in that, as well. Or, at least all men who care about gaining greater understanding of women. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
This Book Is Really Kinda Cool
I am always excited to read very different and original points of view, whether I agree or not, and this book is definitely one of them. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...
Sure we all look at the beautiful people and wish for five seconds that we could trade places with them. But only for five seconds.. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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