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by Joan Jacobs Brumberg| 1997| 7.5| English

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The award-winning author of Fasting Girls explores what teenage girls have lost in this new world of freedom and consumerism–a world in which the body is their primary project. and “Fascinating … riveting … Women and girls should read this fine book together. and ” — The New York Times Book ReviewA hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of thirteen, and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as eight or nine. Why?In The Body Project , historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers this question, drawing on diary excerpts and media images from 1830 to the present. Tracing girls’ attitudes toward topics ranging from breast size and menstruation to hair, clothing, and cosmetics, she exposes the shift from the Victorian concern with character to our modern focus on outward appearance–in particular, the desire to be model-thin and sexy. Compassionate, insightful, and gracefully written, The Body Project explores the gains and losses adolescent girls have inherited since they shed the corset and the ideal of virginity for a new world of sexual freedom and consumerism–a world in which the body is their primary project.

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Author:Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Publication Year:1997
ISBN:9780679735298
Language:English
File Size:7.5
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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