The Body Social by Anthony Synnott talks about the different way we see parts of the body and define parts of the body even going as far as to say how the term gender came about-how do we fine masculinity and feminity and what defines those two phrases. In relevents to my recent research on skin the chapter the beauty and the face is of great relevance and has helped me develop my photos greatly.
a few quotes that i gathered from the book:
1. How much women care about beauty and beauty products can be seen in economic terms-this shows that media and advertsing is a HUGE influence on womens looks
"In the united states sales of beauty aids increased from $40 Million in 1914 to $18.5 billion in 1990" although that was over 20 years ago-imagine what the figures are like now!!!
"the impact of physical appearance is persuasive"
"664,000 cosmetic surgery procedures performed in the united states in 1990"- and mostly all were women
"The beauty mystique, in its simplest form, is the belief that the beautiful is good, and the ugly is evil"
This Chapter showed me just how much women care about appearance and about the way they look-media plays such a huge part in implimenting these ideas-hard to escape!
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