Becoming Women The Embodied Self in Image Culture

Name: Becoming Women The Embodied Self in Image Culture
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ISBN: 9781442610057

ISBN-10: 1442610050

ISBN-13: 9781442610057

Edition: 2014

Authors: Carla Rice, Carla Rice

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In a culture where beauty is currency, women's bodies are often perceived as measures of value and worth. The search for visibility and self-acceptance can be daunting, especially for those on the cultural margins of "beauty."Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misrepresented groups.Carla Rice pairs popular imagery with personal narratives to expose the "culture of contradiction" where increases in individual body acceptance have been matched by even more…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 3/5/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Carla Rice is the Canada Research Chair in Care, Gender, and Relationships in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph. She has more than 20 years of experience as a clinician, researcher, and media consultant on body image and beauty culture.