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Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America

Elizabeth M Matelski
4.9/5 (11013 ratings)
Description:Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America explores the ways in which women in the years following World War II refashioned their bodies--through reducing diets, exercise, and plastic surgery--and asks what insights these changing beauty standards can offer into gender dynamics in postwar America. Drawing on novel and untapped sources, including insurance industry records, this engaging study considers questions of gender, health, and race and provides historical context for the emergence of fat studies and contemporary conversations of the "obesity epidemic."?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America. To get started finding Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America

Elizabeth M Matelski
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Description: Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America explores the ways in which women in the years following World War II refashioned their bodies--through reducing diets, exercise, and plastic surgery--and asks what insights these changing beauty standards can offer into gender dynamics in postwar America. Drawing on novel and untapped sources, including insurance industry records, this engaging study considers questions of gender, health, and race and provides historical context for the emergence of fat studies and contemporary conversations of the "obesity epidemic."?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America. To get started finding Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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