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For decades, we've thought of beauty as a negative influence in our lives. We feel insecure in the face of retouched, impossibly-perfect images. We worry primping and preening are a distraction and a trap. But in Face Value, journalist Autumn Whitefield-Modrano dispels this one-sided beauty myth and examines the relationship between appearance and science, social media, sex, friendship, language, and advertising to show how beauty actually affects us day to day.
Through meticulous research and interviews with dozens of women across all walks of life, she reveals surprising findings, like wearing makeup can actually relax you, you can convince people you're better looking just by tweaking your personality, and the ways beauty can be a powerful tool of connection among women. Provocative and empowering, it celebrates a relaxed brand of feminism, one in which it's equally okay to feel fierce in your fake eyelashes and confident when going makeup-free.
Face Value is "an immensely valuable work, one that seamlessly—and impressively—combines the tropes of the academic lit review and the memoir and the work of cultural criticism into an engaging, and timely, follow-up to The Beauty Myth" (The Atlantic).
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781476754055
- File size: 2492 KB
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- ISBN: 9781476754055
- File size: 2492 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from April 1, 2016
For the many third- and fourth-wave feminists who wonder what struggling with their appearance might mean for them in terms of their allegiance to the movement, Whitefield-Madrano debuts with an examination of this personal yet very public issue. The author provides women with not only hard and social science behind their gender's obsession with beauty and looks, and how it may be related to evolution, but also explores the implications of wanting to be pretty in a world that requires women to be fierce competitors with men. Are women caving to the patriarchy when they wear makeup and care about the size of their waistline? Or are they taking ownership of their look and being empowered? These are but some of the nuances that are skillfully navigated as the book outlines the history, theory, and expert feminist voices who have been shaping the female view of self for generations. VERDICT This is a valuable addition to contemporary feminist writing, providing much-needed perspective to a pervasive issue that young women and staunch feminists will glean much from, whether they agree with the author's findings or not. Ideal for readers new to the subject but also great for anyone interested in social science and history.--Kathleen Dupre, Edmond, OK
Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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