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All the Rage: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty: A History of Pain, Pleasure, and Power: 1860-1960
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Author:
Virginia Nicholson
Publisher:
Pegasus Books
Date:
August 6, 2024
A social history that chronicles the quest for beauty in all its contradictions, and how it affects the female body.
What The Reviewers Say
Ms. Nicholson never blames women for concentrating on their looks.
Lively, intimate.
Captivating.
Nicholson astutely draws out how "demands and pressures on the female body" increased along with "progress towards equality and liberation" as a patriarchal culture sought to reassert its control over women. Feminist fashionistas will want to add this to their shelf..
