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Brutal body binding and modification

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Croy, Anita. Bizarre history of beauty ; Publication details: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2019.Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1538226820
  • 9781538226827
  • 1538226839
  • 9781538226834
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The ancient world -- Don't be a bighead! -- Piercing -- Scarification -- The middle ages -- Tiny feet -- So macho -- Female silhouettes -- The early modern age -- Body alteration -- Tattoo you -- The nineteenth century -- Where are the legs? -- Breathe in! -- The female shape -- The twentieth century -- Build the body! -- Under the knife -- The twenty-first century -- Ink fest -- Timeline -- Glossary.
Summary: "Piercings and tattoos, scarification and cosmetic surgery, foot binding and body building, corsets, and crinolines. People have long altered the shape of their body parts using physical modifications or specially designed clothing in order to fulfill a beauty standard. Then, they learned that other culture's ideas were different. For instance, exploration and trade brought Europeans into contact with peoples who had far different ideals of physical beauty from their own. This exciting tome covers world and cultural history in an enticing, easy-to-read way that is sure to keep it in high demand."--Amazon.com
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 306.4 C954 Available 33111009232907
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Piercings and tattoos, scarification and cosmetic surgery, foot binding and body building, corsets, and crinolines. People have long altered the shape of their body parts using physical modifications or specially designed clothing in order to fulfill a beauty standard. Then, they learned that other culture's ideas were different. For instance, exploration and trade brought Europeans into contact with peoples who had far different ideals of physical beauty from their own. This exciting tome covers world and cultural history in an enticing, easy-to-read way that is sure to keep it in high demand.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ancient world -- Don't be a bighead! -- Piercing -- Scarification -- The middle ages -- Tiny feet -- So macho -- Female silhouettes -- The early modern age -- Body alteration -- Tattoo you -- The nineteenth century -- Where are the legs? -- Breathe in! -- The female shape -- The twentieth century -- Build the body! -- Under the knife -- The twenty-first century -- Ink fest -- Timeline -- Glossary.

"Piercings and tattoos, scarification and cosmetic surgery, foot binding and body building, corsets, and crinolines. People have long altered the shape of their body parts using physical modifications or specially designed clothing in order to fulfill a beauty standard. Then, they learned that other culture's ideas were different. For instance, exploration and trade brought Europeans into contact with peoples who had far different ideals of physical beauty from their own. This exciting tome covers world and cultural history in an enticing, easy-to-read way that is sure to keep it in high demand."--Amazon.com

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