Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters How the Quest for Perfection Is Harming Young Women

Name: Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters How the Quest for Perfection Is Harming Young Women
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ISBN: 9780425223369

ISBN-10: 0425223361

ISBN-13: 9780425223369

Edition: N/A

Authors: Courtney E. Martin, Courtney Martin

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This eye-opening look at twenty-first century culture and its impact on women reveals how food and weight obsession, driven in no small part by images of celebrities openly wasting away, threatens a new generation of girls as the feminist exhortation that you can do anything is twisted into you must do everything. It also inspires readers to consider what wonderful things might happen if the madness stopped once and for all.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.23" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters



From Good to Perfect: Feminism's Unintended Legacy



The Male Mirror: Her Father's Eyes



(Perfect) Girl Talk: Inside Today's Teenagers' Minds and Stomachs



Sex as a Cookie: Growing Up Hungry



The Revolution Still Will Not Be Televised: Pop, Hip-hop, Race, and the Media



What Men Want: The Truth About Attraction, Porn, and the Pursuit



All-or-Nothing Nation: Diets, Extreme Makeovers, and the Obesity Epidemic



Past the Dedication Is Disease: Athletic Obsession



The College Years: Body Obsession Boot Camp



The Real World Ain't No MTV: How the Body Becomes the Punching Bag for Post-College Disappointment



Spiritual Hunger



Stepping Through the Looking Glass: Our New Stories


Resource Guide


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index


Readers Guide