Embodiment and representations of beauty

Beauty embodiment and representations of beauty are crafted by legitimised hierarchies of power in popular culture, including across fashion, sports, media and social media outlets, and the arts. Informed and guided by an intersectional lens with a focus on underrepresented communities, this volume...

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Other Authors Medina, Esther Hernández (Editor), Pozo, Sharina Maíllo (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesAdvances in gender research ; v. 35.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837979950
DOI10.1108/S1529-2126202435
Physical Description1 online resource (280 pages)

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505 0 |a Introduction. The Power of Beauty: Intersectional Feminist Approaches to its Embodiment and Representation / Esther Hernández-Medina and Sharina Maíllo-Pozo Chapter 1. Mamá Fit Goes to El Salvador: Fitness in a Transnational Society / Noelle K. Brigden Chapter 2. Shifting Perceptions of Women's Weight / Courtney Dress -- Chapter 3. Doing Beauty, Doing Health: Embodied Emotion Work in Women Cancer Patients' Narratives of Hair Loss / Marley Olson -- Chapter 4. "How Do They Really See Me?": The Sexual Politics of Multiracial Desirability / Julia Chin -- Chapter 5. Body Image and Sexual Pleasure in Women and Genderqueer Individual's Sexual Experiences / Spencier R. Ciaralli Chapter 6. I Don't Wear Black: Professional Muslim Workers and Personal Dress Code / Salam Aboulhassan -- Chapter 7. Millennial Agency and Liberation within Black American Beauty Standards / Jaleesa Reed -- Chapter 8. Ballet is [White] Woman: Anti-Black Standards of Beauty within Ballet / Sekani L. Robinson -- Chapter 9. Consuming Beauty, Constructing Blackness: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Analysis of Racialized Gendered Embodiment Practices through Shampoo Product Descriptions / Shameika D. Daye -- Chapter 10. Mulata in Repose / Jennifer Báez. 
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