Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of ReviewsPublished 1 September 2003
Victoria L. Pitts, Debra Gimlin
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Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Body Work as Self Work 2. The Hair Salon: Social Class, Power, and Ideal Beauty 3. Aerobics: Neutralizing the Body and Negotiating the Self 4. Cosmetic Surgery: Body and Self in a Commodity Market 5. NAAFA: Reinterpreting the Fat Body 6. Conclusion: The Body, Oppression, and Resistance Notes Index
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Arts and Humanities