Beauty around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia

Beauty around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia
ISBN-10
1610699459
ISBN-13
9781610699457
Category
Social Science
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2017-06-22
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Authors
Erin Kenny, Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols

Description

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. • Provides an interdisciplinary approach to world beauty practices, from the earliest experiments in plastic surgery in 600 B.C. to contemporary practices • Gives readers a representative overview of beauty practices around the globe • Documents how from cosmetics to clothing, exercise to body modification, being beautiful is a goal worldwide • Identifies numerous authoritative sources of information for further research and reading

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