(Re)possessing beauty : : politics, poetics, change / / edited by Sallie McNamara.

Ideas of beauty permeate our lives in ways of which we are often unaware, yet they are indicators of identity, transgression, sartorial codes and otherness. While contemporary society sees the dominance of Western hegemonic ideals of beauty, when comparing these to ideals in different cultures at di...

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Superior document:Critical issues (Oxford, England)
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Place / Publishing House:Oxford, England : : Inter-Disciplinary Press,, [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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