- 270 pages
- English
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Femininity
About this book
With intelligence and humor, Susan Brownmiller explores the history and unspoken rules of the burden of "feminine perfection"
What is femininity? How is it measured? What are its demands? How are women meant to dress, look, think, act, feel, and be, according to the mores of society?
Susan Brownmiller offers a witty and often pointed critique of the concept of femininity in contemporary culture and throughout history. She explores the demands placed upon women to fit an established mold, examines female stereotypes, and celebrates the hard-won advances in women's lifestyle and attire. At once profound, revolutionary, empowering, and entertaining, Femininity challenges the accepted female norm while appreciating the women throughout history who have courageously broken free of its constraints.
What is femininity? How is it measured? What are its demands? How are women meant to dress, look, think, act, feel, and be, according to the mores of society?
Susan Brownmiller offers a witty and often pointed critique of the concept of femininity in contemporary culture and throughout history. She explores the demands placed upon women to fit an established mold, examines female stereotypes, and celebrates the hard-won advances in women's lifestyle and attire. At once profound, revolutionary, empowering, and entertaining, Femininity challenges the accepted female norm while appreciating the women throughout history who have courageously broken free of its constraints.
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INDEX
A | B | C | D | E
F | G | H | I | J
K | L | M | N | O
P | R | S | T
U | V | W | Y | Z
F | G | H | I | J
K | L | M | N | O
P | R | S | T
U | V | W | Y | Z
accessories, 79–80, 85
pants feminized with, 94–95
acne, 132, 136–37
acting, cosmetics and, 161, 162–63
Adam’s apple, 105–6
adulterous women, veiling of, 97
Afghanistan, women in, 96
Africa, 40
breast shape in art of, 41–42
hairstyles in, 58–59
aggression, 201–3, 218
nurturance and, 228
verbal, 115, 121, 122
aging, 165–67
Alcott, Louisa May, 63–64
Allen, Woody, 44
Alone of All Her Sex (Warner), 226–27
ambition, 50, 219–31
clothing styles and, 3;, 91–92
Andersen, Hans Christian, 131
androgens, 27, 105–6, 182, 201, 202
acne and, 136–37
baldness and, 58
hair growth and, 139–40, 143
Angelico, Fra, 70
anger:
in men, 210
women’s inhibition of, 210–12
animals:
communication in, 106, 122
movement in, 192
size of, 30–32
anorexia, 32
in adolescence, 49–50
Anthony, Susan B., 88, 89–91, 94
anthropological theories:
of superior size of males, 28
of upright walking, 42
Aristophanes, 155
Aristotle, 207–8
Armstrong, Helen, 66
art, 27
African, 41–42
ideal feminine form in, 23–24, 37, 41–42, 46, 105, 132, 133, 153–54
Renaissance, 23, 46, 61, 70, 133
Artificial Face, The (Gunn), 138
Aryan supremacy, cult of, 71
Asian women, 134, 139, 189
breasts of, 43
voice of, 114–15
athletic women:
breasts of, 43
femininity of, 195–96
restrictions on, 190–91, 195
Austen, Jane, 125, 135–36
Bacall, Lauren, 100
Balanchine, George, 181, 183
baldness, 58
ballet, feminine movement...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- Body
- Hair
- Clothes
- Voice
- Skin
- Movement
- Emotion
- Ambition
- Epilogue
- About the Author
- A Note on Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Copyright