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.

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

About the author

Robin Tolmach Lakoff and Raquel L. Scherr

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Lakoff, Robin Scherr Lakoff, Raquel Scherr, Scherr Raquel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032381664
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238166-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; 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