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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Creating the Cultural Ideal: Hollywood and the Fashion Industry
- We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Bust': Uplifting the Feminine Breast
- The Longer the Belt Line, the Shorter the Life': Insurance Companies and Doctors Weigh In
- Re-Shaping America: The Reducing Neurosis
- What Men Want: Men's Magazines and the Girl-Next-Door
- Big and) Black is Beautiful: Body Image and Expanded Beauty Ideals
- Not Over 'Til the Fat Lady Sings: Fighting Fat Stigma
