Isbn: 9780679402978 - the body project: an intimate history of american girls (42 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Timely and sympathetic . . . a work of impassioned advocacy. --People A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of thirteen, and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as eight or nine. Why? In The Body Project, historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers this question, drawing on diary excerpts and media images from 1830 to the present. Tracing girls' attitudes toward topics ranging from breast size and menstruation to hair, clothing, and cosmetics, she exposes the shift from the Victorian concern with inner beauty to our modern focus on outward appearance--in particular, the desire to be model-thin and sexy. Compassionate, insightful, and gracefully written, The Body Project explores the gains and losses adolescent girls have inherited since they shed the corset and the ideal of virginity for a new world of sexual freedom and consumerism--a world in which the body is their primary project. Joan Brumberg's book offers us an insightful and entertaining history behind the destructive mantra of the '90s--'I hate my body!' --Katie Couric. …

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Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Timely and sympathetic . . . a work of impassioned advocacy. --People A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of thirteen, and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as eight or nine. Why? In The Body Project, historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers this question, drawing on diary excerpts and media images from 1830 to the present. Tracing girls' attitudes toward topics ranging from breast size and menstruation to hair, clothing, and cosmetics, she exposes the shift from the Victorian concern with inner beauty to our modern focus on outward appearance--in particular, the desire to be model-thin and sexy. Compassionate, insightful, and gracefully written, The Body Project explores the gains and losses adolescent girls have inherited since they shed the corset and the ideal of virginity for a new world of sexual freedom and consumerism--a world in which the body is their primary project. Joan Brumberg's book offers us an insightful and entertaining history behind the destructive mantra of the '90s--'I hate my body!' --Katie Couric.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Timely and sympathetic . . . a work of impassioned advocacy. --People A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of thirteen, and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as eight or nine. Why? In The Body Project, historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers this question, drawing on diary excerpts and media images from 1830 to the present. Tracing girls' attitudes toward topics ranging from breast size and menstruation to hair, clothing, and cosmetics, she exposes the shift from the Victorian concern with inner beauty to our modern focus on outward appearance--in particular, the desire to be model-thin and sexy. Compassionate, insightful, and gracefully written, The Body Project explores the gains and losses adolescent girls have inherited since they shed the corset and the ideal of virginity for a new world of sexual freedom and consumerism--a world in which the body is their primary project. Joan Brumberg's book offers us an insightful and entertaining history behind the destructive mantra of the '90s--'I hate my body!' --Katie Couric. …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Timely and sympathetic . . . a work of impassioned advocacy. --People A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of thirteen, and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as eight or nine. Why? In The Body Project, historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers this question, drawing on diary excerpts and media images from 1830 to the present. Tracing girls' attitudes toward topics ranging from breast size and menstruation to hair, clothing, and cosmetics, she exposes the shift from the Victorian concern with inner beauty to our modern focus on outward appearance--in particular, the desire to be model-thin and sexy. Compassionate, insightful, and gracefully written, The Body Project explores the gains and losses adolescent girls have inherited since they shed the corset and the ideal of virginity for a new world of sexual freedom and consumerism--a world in which the body is their primary project. Joan Brumberg's book offers us an insightful and entertaining history behind the destructive mantra of the '90s--'I hate my body!' --Katie Couric.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hard cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 267 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. near fine, light shelf wear, no markings, spine is not creased. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. A real nice clean unmarked 269 page first edition (stated) hardcover with a real nice clean dust jacket, Has numerous historical photos to go with interesting text. Drawing on a vast array of lively historical sources, unpublished diaries by adolescent girls, and photographs that conjure up memories of the past, The Body Project chronicles how growing up in a female body has changed over the past century and why that experience is more difficult today than ever before. Size: 9 1/2 h x 6 1/2w. Book. …

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good -. (1997), 267pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Light soiling on top edge. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Clean, solid copy with pen underlining on two pages, otherwise would be listed as Very Good. Cover corners are square; bumps to spine ends. Jacket is glossy with light wear to surface and edges. No tears. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Almost Like New. First Edition. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Slight bump on back board top edge.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 2nd printing stated. Book chronicles how growing up in a female body has changed over the past century. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear and rubbing. Dust jacket has a mylar cover with a previous sale sticker on the back. Inside dust jacket has brown stamps. Boards have some minor edge wear and a couple light stains. Page edges have some light stains; otherwise pages are clean.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF4.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Publisher: Random House, NY, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. FINE- hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…