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Beauty and Body Image

Included below are resources for the topic of "Beauty" or "Body Image" definition papers.

Susan Bordo's "Empire of Images" http://chronicle.com/article/The-Empire-of-Images-in-Our/6115

Susan Bordo's Unbearable Weight is available in the UGL and as an electronic book (here is the link - but you may need to access it through the WSU Library Webpage) http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=46c872ba-e02c-40ae-b42a-4d888e6d793a%40sessionmgr115&vid=1&hid=113&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=nlebk&AN=4606

Susan Bordo has also done work on male body image (and body image issues).

Here is a link to statistics about beauty and its effect in American society: http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html