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The Beauty Myth (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
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Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOREvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this shortened edition you will find the essence of Wolf’s groundbreaking book. It is a radical, gripping and frank exposé of the tyranny of the beauty myth, its oppressive function and the destructive obsession it engenders.
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| Weight | 0.073 kg |
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| Dimensions | 0.7 × 11 × 17.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 128 |
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| Year Published | 2015-3-5 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1784870412 |
| About The Author | Naomi Wolf is a bestselling American writer, known for her advocacy of feminism and progressive politics. She studied at Yale before becoming a Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford, and working in Edinburgh. She became internationally famous with the publication of her first book, The Beauty Myth, in 1991, and has gone on to write many subsequent titles, including: Fire with Fire, Promiscuities, Misconceptions, The Tree House and Vagina: A New Biography. |
| Review Quote | A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. Every woman should read it |
| Other text | Powerful… No other work has…so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars |
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