The Beauty Paradox
Femininity in the Age of Selfies
Zusammenfassung
Why must beauty be seen as a binary that is either oppressive or empowering for women? The Beauty Paradox: Femininity in the Age of Selfies argues that women’s experiences of beauty as both validating and belittling is grounded in the contradictory injunctions that they receive regarding their participation in beauty culture. Piazzesi identifies the four main paradoxes of Western beauty culture: the worth paradox, the authenticity paradox, the power paradox, and the commitment paradox and examines how they trail women’s everyday experiences, choices, and reflections regarding beauty. She examines the role of beauty in women’s everyday lives and in a variety of contexts: informal social encounters, work and career settings, parenting, intergenerational relationships, self-care, and online networking practices. The author broadens the current discourse on beauty with an emphasis on the digital world, primarily the use of selfies.
Schlagworte
Pop Culture self-determination Women Empowerment Empowerment authenticity Parenting Wellness Self-Care Selfies Affirmation Intergenerational relationships motherhood worth paradox self-expression paradoxes of beauty work and social life power paradox role of beauty commitment and investment commitment paradox authenticity paradox beauty cultureKeywords
mental health women's careers beauty- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- i–x Preface i–x
- 1–14 Introduction 1–14
- 175–186 Conclusion 175–186
- 187–190 Appendix A 187–190
- 191–196 Appendix B 191–196
- 197–238 Notes 197–238
- 239–260 Bibliography 239–260
- 261–272 Index 261–272
- 273–274 About the Author 273–274
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- „... , power and impotence, commitment and negligence. Far from clearly identifying a set of behav-iors that ...” „... only be achieved by way of an ongoing commitment to self-care rituals involving specific products and ...” „... : mental investments aimed at acquiring know-how and the necessary information, and financial invest-ments ...”
- „... Commitment and Investment 734 Time, Aging, and Motherhood 1015 Work and Social Life 1256 Selfies and the ...” „... grateful for her commit-ment and her insights, which helped to shape the preliminary steps of the wider ...” „... the challenges associated with reconciling one’s often competing commitments to work and family; as we ...”
- „... paradox, the power paradox, and the commitment paradox. This prepares the way for a more theoretical ...” „... “natural” composure. However, at the same time, women’s interest and investment in beautification were ...” „... commit-ment to upholding the difference between men and women, or between feminine and masculine, which is a ...”
- „... paradoxes that I discuss are related to women’s worth, authenticity, power, and commitment with regard to ...” „... aspects and problems of beauty understood as work, as an endeavor and an investment for women. In doing so ...” „... lonely days, so I looked forward to shared coffee and lunch breaks in the library’s common areas (food in ...”
- „... commit-ments to beautification practices and beauty-related self-discipline—includ-ing the consumer choices and ...” „... marketed and sold.26 It requires self-control, commitment, and organiza-tion, certainly, but also affluence ...” „... , Cassandra frames health in terms of choice and individual commitment; there is a discursive aspect to her ...”
- „... father was not alone in resenting and ridiculing his wife for her womanly concerns and investments. The ...” „... , according to which careful evaluations, investments, and strate-gies coexist with the produced illusion of ...” „... patriarchal soci-ety—a premise that both Sara Ahmed and Erin Wunker emphatically dispute. See Ahmed, Living a ...”