The Fashioned Self

by Joanne Finkelstein

Book Overview

Examination of the modern manufacturing of personality and self-identity through the alteration of bodily appearance. Trends in fashion, cosmetic surgery and diets are addressed. Of particular interest to students of sociology, cultural studies and women's studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877228507
• ISBN13: 9780877228509
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"