Beauty around the world : a cultural encyclopedia /
Erin Kenny and Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols.
- xxiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index.
Psychology with a scalpel : does cosmetic surgery boost self esteem? -- Is beauty a biological imperative or a cultural preference? -- The rise of the transgendered beauty pageant : is biology a fixed category? -- If beauty is only skin deep, why is it so important? -- How is men's beauty increasingly commodified?