Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Edut, Ophira.

Description

1. xxiv, 236 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

1. Body image
2. Beauty, Personal > Psychological aspects
3. Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
4. Self-esteem in women
5. Identity (Psychology)

Contents

1. My brown face / Mira Jacob -- Klaus Barbie, and other dolls I'd like to see / Susan Jane Gilman -- The butt: its politics, its profanity, its power / Erin J. Aubry -- The skinny on small / Diane Sepanski -- Becoming La mujer / Marisa Navarro -- Destination 120 / Debbie Feit -- Memoirs of a (sorta) ex-shaver / Carolyn Mackler -- My Jewish nose / Lisa Jervis -- To Apu, with love / Bhargavi C. Mandava -- Fishnets, feather boas and fat / Nomy Lamm -- The chosen people / Tali Edut -- Food for our souls -- Dyann Logwood -- Strip! / Diana Courvant -- Lucy, I'm home / Jill Corral -- The art of the ponytail /Akkida McDowell -- Beauty secrets / Lee Damsky -- Mirror, mirror on the wall / Leoneda Inge-Barry -- Intimate enemies / Jennifer Berger -- Appraising God's property / Keesa Schreane -- Dancing toward redemption / Meredith McGhan -- Conquering the fear of a fat body: the journey toward myself / Regina D. Williams -- Breaking the model / Graciela (Chely) Rodriguez -- Body image: third wave feminism's issue? / Amelia (Amy) Richards -- All-American girls: jock chic, body image and sports / Leslie Heywood -- Marked for life: tattoos and the redefinition of self / Silja J. A. Talvi -- At home in my body: an Asian-American athlete searches for self / Allison Torres -- Not of reality / Sada Mecca

Call number

1. JFD 99-8814

Title

1. Adiós, Barbie : young women write about body image and identity / edited by Ophira Edut ; foreword by Rebecca Walker.

Imprint

1. Seattle, Wash. : Seal Press, c1998.

Added author

1. Edut, Ophira.

LCCN

1. 98031530

ISBN

1. 1580050166 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JFD 99-8814