| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: approaches to body aesthetics and the beauty system -- Changing beauty ideology -- Aesthetic salons -- Mammary mania -- Body fashion and beauty etiquette -- Male beauty work -- The well-behaved appetite -- The language of esute -- Esute power. |
| Summary |
An introduction to Japan's burgeoning beauty culture, which investigates a range of phenomenon - aesthetic salons, dieting products, male beauty activities, and beauty language - to find out why Japanese women and men are paying so much attention to their bodies. It aims to challenge various assumptions about the naturalness of beauty standards. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human body -- Social aspects -- Japan.
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Human body -- Social aspects. |
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Japan. |
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Beauty, Personal -- Japan.
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Beauty, Personal. |
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Beauty culture -- Japan.
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Beauty culture. |
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Body image -- Japan.
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Body image. |
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Philosophy, Japanese.
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Philosophy, Japanese. |
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Japan -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Laura, 1953- Beauty up. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520245083 0520245091 (DLC) 2005016386 (OCoLC)60603226 |
| ISBN |
9780520938847 (electronic book) |
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0520938844 (electronic book) |
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1429402342 (electronic book) |
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9781429402347 (electronic book) |
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9780520245082 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520245083 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520245099 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520245091 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1601293976 |
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9781601293978 |
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