Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics
- ISBN-10
- 0520245083
- ISBN-13
- 9780520245082
- Category
- Beauty culture
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Laura Miller
Description
An introduction to Japan's burgeoning beauty culture, which investigates a range of phenomenon - aesthetic salons, dieting products, male beauty activities, and beauty language - to find out why Japanese women and men are paying so much attention to their bodies. It aims to challenge various assumptions about the naturalness of beauty standards.
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