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Beauty and the Norm: Debating Standardization in Bodily Appearance

By Claudia Liebelt , Sarah Böllinger , Ulf Vierke

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2019
ISBN
978-3-319-91173-1;978-3-319-91174-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5235244 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XX, 308\315
Time added
2019-01-12 07:46:13
Social Sciences; Cultural Studies; Ethnicity Studi

Description

Recent decades have seen the rise of a global beauty boom, with profound effects on perceptions of bodies worldwide. Against this background, Beauty and the Norm assembles ethnographic and conceptual approaches from a variety of disciplines and across the globe to debate standardization in bodily appearance. Its contributions range from empirical research to exploratory conversations between scholars and personal reflections. Bridging hitherto separate debates in critical beauty studies, cultural anthropology, sociology, the history of science, disability studies, gender studies, and critical race studies, this volume reflects upon the gendered, classed, and racialized body, normative regimes of representation, and the global beauty economy. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Beauty and the Norm: An Introduction (Claudia Liebelt)....Pages 1-19 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Faces of Masculinity: Shaving Practices and Popular Exhibitions of ‘Hairy Wonders’ in Early Twentieth-Century Prague (Filip Herza)....Pages 23-44 Standardizing Slimness: How Body Weight Quantified Beauty in the Netherlands, 1870–1940 (Hieke Huistra)....Pages 45-72 Front Matter ....Pages 73-73 Extraordinarily White: The De/Spectacularization of the Albinotic Body and the Normalization of Its Audience (Christopher Hohl, Matthias Krings)....Pages 75-103 ‘Disability Gain’ and the Limits of Representing Alternative Beauty (Ann M. Fox, Matthias Krings, Ulf Vierke)....Pages 105-125 Broken Beauty, Broken Cups: Disabled Bodies in Contemporary African Art (Sarah Böllinger)....Pages 127-152 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 Reshaping ‘Turkish’ Breasts and Noses: On Cosmetic Surgery, Gendered Norms and the ‘Right to Look Normal’ (Claudia Liebelt)....Pages 155-176 Fashioning the Female Muslim Face: From ‘Hiding One’s Beauty’ to ‘Managing One’s Beauty’ (R. Arzu Ünal)....Pages 177-199 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Beauty and the Norm Sketches: A Conversation on a Performative Response (Syowia Kyambi, Anisha H. Soff)....Pages 203-213 Body Beautiful: Comparative Meanings of Beauty in Brazil, South Africa and Jamaica (Doreen Gordon)....Pages 215-244 ‘In This Country, Beauty Is Defined by Fairness of Skin.’ Skin Colour Politics and Social Stratification in India (Nina Kullrich)....Pages 245-281 Skin Colour Politics and the White Beauty Standard (Shirley A. Tate, Katharina Fink)....Pages 283-297 Back Matter ....Pages 299-308

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