This book examines the nature of the self and self-identity in the modern age, and the way in which they have been moulded through the alteration of bodily appearance, exemplified fashions, facelifts and diets. The idea that an individual's character is revealed through physical appearance is, Finkelstein argues, deeply embedded in Western culture. And since fashions and cosmetics are closely linked to sexual difference, the author concentrates on aspects of gender identity, suggesting that the female and male identity are differentiated through opposed experiences of the body.
- ISBN13 9780745666266
- Publish Date 24 April 2013 (first published 28 February 1991)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Polity Press
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 220
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=0745666264