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Patriarchy and the politics of beauty / Allan D. Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Allan D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--History.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Beauty, Personal.
- Women.
- women (female humans).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 175 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- Political philosophers from the beginning of history have articulated the significance of beauty. Allan D. Cooper argues that these writings are coded to justify patriarchal structures of power, and that each epoch of global history has reflected a paradigm of beauty that rationalizes protocols of gender performance. Patriarchy is a system of knowledge that trains men to become soldiers but is now being challenged by human rights advocates and women's rights activists. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the intersection of patriarchy and beauty
- Duality and negation
- Beauty in antiquity
- Medieval beauty
- Modern beauty
- A feminist critque of beauty
- Conclusion: a new epoch of integrated consciousness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-2423-3
- 1-4985-9610-X
- OCLC:
- 1350286144
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