Reflecting on Female Beauty: Cosmetic Surgery and (Dis)Empowerment

This project aims to unwrap some of the complexities related to female beauty and the body. It reflects on the second wave radical feminist view that beautifying the female body serves to attract male approval via the male gaze, both of which are deeply entrenched in patriarchal power. This perspect...

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Main Authors: Alessandra K. Heggenstaller, Asta Rau, Jan K. Coetzee, Anne Ryen, Ria Smit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2018-12-01
Series:Qualitative Sociology Review
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/qualit/article/view/3979