Istanbul Appearances : Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey / Claudia Liebelt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liebelt, Claudia, author.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.

Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beauty, Personal--Turkey--Istanbul.

Beauty, Personal.

Beauty shops--Turkey--Istanbul.

Beauty shops.

Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Turkey--Istanbul.

Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Using ethnographic fieldwork carried out in beauty salons and clinics in different parts of Istanbul between 2011 and 2015, the manuscript argues that the study of embodied beauty offers unique insights into the gender dynamics and the politics of social and political reproduction amidst the recent conservative-authoritarian turn in Turkey"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Istanbul appearances: An introduction

Istanbul, the "beautifying city"

"For a more beautiful Turkey": The urban beauty service sector

The multiple meanings of feminine beauty

Aging "well" in urban Turkey

Reshaping "Turkish" breasts and noses

Becoming prezentabl

Feminine self-fashioning in times of change.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Liebelt, Claudia Istanbul Appearances

ISBN:

9780815655879

OCLC:

1358758487