Looking good  -  Lynne Luciano

the male body in modern America

KORTE INHOUD

"Not so long ago, what the average man did mattered more than how he looked. Since the 1970s, however, projecting the right look has become more and more essential. Men once dreaded being accused of vanity; today they are spending millions of dollars on fitness training, bodybuilding, hair replacement, and cosmetic surgery in the relentless pursuit of physical perfection.".

"What has caused American men to fall into the beauty trap so long assumed to be a special danger for women? Have they been so addled by...
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2001 Uitgever: Hill and Wang 259 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0809066378 ISBN-13: 9780809066377