The Power of Beauty (Ome)

Nancy Friday First published 1996

About this book

An examination of the changes in women's attitudes about self-esteem, appearance, and sexuality over the past twenty-five years journeys from the fashion runways of Paris to the two-parent nursery, from the diaphragm to the WonderBra.

Subjects

  • beauty, personal
  • body image
  • feminine beauty (aesthetics)
  • feminism
  • feminist psychology
  • friday, nancy
  • man-woman relationships
  • mother and child
  • mothers and daughters
  • new york times reviewed
  • personal beauty
  • psychological aspects
  • psychological aspects of personal beauty
  • sex customs
  • women, attitudes
  • women, biography