Face Value - The Politics of Beauty

First published in 1984, Face Value confronts the pervasive power of beauty through art and literature, as well as interviews with men and women with varying perspectives on the subject. The topics covered range widely: the history of beauty from the Greeks to the present; the pathology of beauty: how women have been willing to harm themselves, mentally and physically, to achieve 'beauty'; the language we use to speak of beauty, and its implications; our attitudes towards beauty, as examined by psychologists; beauty and ethnic identity; men and beauty. The authors present in fact a redefinition of beauty, enabling both women and men to enjoy it in themselves and in others, while discarding the sex-role stereotypes that have governed the definition of beauty in the past. With a new preface that explores the gaps created by time in the book's discourse, this book will be of interest to students of linguistics, gender studies, women's studies, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology.

List of contents

New Preface Preface Acknowledgements 1. Why This Book? 2. The Problem of Beauty: Myth and Reality 3. The Representation of Venus: An Ideal in Search of a Definition 4. Beauty in Our Time 5. Attitudes Toward Beauty 6. The Pathology of Beauty 7. Talking About Beauty 8. Men and Beauty 9. Beauty and Ethnicity 10. Some Final Thoughts Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Robin Lakoff, Robin Scherr Lakoff, Raquel Scherr, Scherr Raquel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032381497
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238149-7
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; History, Popular Culture, Discourse Analysis, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Humanities, Psycholinguistics, Gender studies, gender groups, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics