Автор: Erin Kenny, Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols Ph.D.
Издательство: ABC-CLIO
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 584
Размер: 10 Mb
Язык: English
Taking the concept of beauty seriously, this encyclopedia examines how humanity has sought and continues to seek what is "beautiful" in a variety of cultural contexts, giving readers an understanding of how to look at beauty both intellectually and critically.
• Provides an interdisciplinary approach to world beauty practices, from the earliest experiments in plastic surgery in 600 B.C. to contemporary practices
• Gives readers a representative overview of beauty practices around the globe
• Documents how from cosmetics to clothing, exercise to body modification, being beautiful is a goal worldwide
• Identifies numerous authoritative sources of information for further research and reading