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Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics
Laura Miller
Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics
Laura Miller
An introduction to Japan's burgeoning beauty culture, which investigates a range of phenomenon - aesthetic salons, dieting products, male beauty activities, and beauty language - to find out why Japanese women and men are paying so much attention to their bodies. It aims to challenge various assumptions about the naturalness of beauty standards.
271 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 7 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 15, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780520245099 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 271 |
Dimensions | 152 × 227 × 18 mm · 416 g |
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