Cosmetic, aesthetic, prophetic : : beyond the boundaries of beauty / / edited by Alberto Ferreira and Lucy Moyse.

The ever-elusive field of Beauty Studies is one that often underappreciated, yet it is a key concept across all spheres of knowledge, transcending traditional and innovative epistemologies, and providing provocative insights into fundamental aspects of human existence. Here, researchers from around...

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Place / Publishing House:Oxford, England : : Inter-Disciplinary Press,, [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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