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Body Outlaws / Ophelia Edut

Public ISBD Title : Body Outlaws : Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image Material Type: printed text Authors: Ophelia Edut, Author Publisher: Seal Press Publication Date: 2003 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-580-05108-8 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Body, beauty and fat activism Feminisms Media, Art and Culture Abstract: Edut, founder and publisher of the magazine HUES (Hear Us Emerging Sisters), has assembled a collection of the freshest, hippest writers ever to slam Mattel s Barbie doll and speak up for the beauty of the un-blonde, the un-tall and the un-anorexic. Addressing everything you always wanted to know about body image, from leg hair to transsexuals and African American women s posteriors, the more than 25 contributors present a spectrum of attitudes toward the female body. The volume as a whole is a step forward in the discussion of how feminine attractiveness is viewed in American society, concluding that women must seek their own definition of beauty in order to gain a sense of self-acceptance. Body Outlaws : Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image [printed text] / Ophelia Edut, Author . - [S.l.] : Seal Press, 2003. ISBN : 978-1-580-05108-8 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Body, beauty and fat activism Feminisms Media, Art and Culture Abstract: Edut, founder and publisher of the magazine HUES (Hear Us Emerging Sisters), has assembled a collection of the freshest, hippest writers ever to slam Mattel s Barbie doll and speak up for the beauty of the un-blonde, the un-tall and the un-anorexic. Addressing everything you always wanted to know about body image, from leg hair to transsexuals and African American women s posteriors, the more than 25 contributors present a spectrum of attitudes toward the female body. The volume as a whole is a step forward in the discussion of how feminine attractiveness is viewed in American society, concluding that women must seek their own definition of beauty in order to gain a sense of self-acceptance.

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Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
250 EDU 2003	250 EDU 2003	Livre/Book	QPIRG-McGill	Body, Beauty, and Fat Activism (QM)	Available