The Beauty Myth

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity

In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of the flawless beauty.

Powerful. No other work has. so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars. --New York Times

An important book for women--and men--to read. --Christian Science Monitor

The most important feminist publication since The Female Eunuch. --Germaine Greer

Provocative and persuasive. --Library Journal

Jessamyn Conrad was raised in North Dakota and Minnesota. With degrees from Harvard and Cambridge Universities, she is currently pursuing a doctorate at Columbia University. She lives in New York City.

Dr. Naomi Wolf, a graduate of Yale University, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and recipient of a D Phil from Oxford University in Victorian Studies, was a consultant to Al Gore during his presidential campaign, on women's issues and social policy. A professor, journalist, social critic, and political activist, she is the co-founder of the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, the American Freedom campaign, and the civic technology startup, DailyClout.com. She is the author of the international bestsellers The Beauty Myth and The End of America, as well as six other bestsellers. Her work has appeared in The Times of London, Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Harper's Bazaar. She has appeared on Larry King Live, Meet the Press, The Joyce Behar Show, and The Colbert Report. She resides in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780688085100
ISBN 10	0688085105
Title	The Beauty Myth
Author	Naomi Wolf
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	William Morrow & Company
Year published	1991-05-01
Number of pages	348
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