Becoming women : the embodied self in image culture /

Becoming women : the embodied self in image culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rice, Carla, author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (396 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Body image in women -- Social aspects. Body image in girls -- Social aspects. Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects. Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Social aspects. Body Image -- psychology. Women -- psychology. Beauty Culture. Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects. Body image in women -- Social aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11223453

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ISBN:	9781442668263 1442668261 9781442685406 1442685409 9781442640436 144264043X 9781442610057 1442610050
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In a culture where beauty is currency, women's bodies are often perceived as measures of value and worth. The search for visibility and self-acceptance can be daunting, especially for those on the cultural margins of "beauty."Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misrepresented groups. Carla Rice pairs popular imagery with personal narratives to expose the "culture of contradiction" where increases in individual body acceptance have been matched by even more restrictive feminine image ideals and norms. With insider insights from the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, Rice exposes the beauty industry's colonization of women's bodies, and examines why "the beauty myth" has yet to be resolved.
Other form:	Print version: Rice, Carla. Becoming women. ©2014 9781442640436

Table of Contents:

Introduction: searching for identity in image culture
In the shadow of difference
In a girl's body
Invisible in full view
The student body
Puberty as sexual spectacle
A body that looks, and feels, like a woman
In the mirror of beauty culture
Conclusion : out of the shadows.