The Beauty Paradox: Femininity in the Age of Selfies

Chiara Piazzesi

doi:10.5771/9781538175750

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Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-7573-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-7575-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 274
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
1. The Worth Paradox No access
2. The Authenticity Paradox No access
3. The Power Paradox No access
4. The Commitment Paradox No access
5. What Is a Pragmatic Paradox? No access
6. Conclusion: Negotiating the Paradoxes of Beauty No access
1. Where Is Beauty Situated? No access
2. Traditional Discourses on Beauty, Health, and Morals No access
3. The Paradoxes of Wellness and Self-Care No access
4. Natural Beauty and the Authenticity Paradox No access
5. Where Does “Feeling Beautiful” Really Come From? No access
6. Conclusion: Normative Authenticity No access
1. Investing Money and Time No access
2. The Salience of Hair and Makeup No access
3. Committing to Thinking, Planning, and Judging No access
4. The Day as a Measure of Beauty No access
5. Conclusion: How Much Is Enough? No access
1. Being Young No access
2. Being No Longer Young No access
3. Motherhood No access
4. The Intergenerational Gaze No access
5. Conclusion: The Temporality of Beauty No access
1. Beauty and Sociability No access
2. Working with Beauty No access
3. Favors and Privileges No access
4. Conclusion: Uncertain Gains No access
1. The Place of Beauty in Selfies No access
2. The Paradox of the “Narcissistic” Selfie No access
3. The Authenticity Paradox and the Selfie-Taking Online Persona No access
4. Conclusion: Negotiating Visibility No access
Conclusion No access Pages 175 - 186
Appendix A No access Pages 187 - 190
Appendix B No access Pages 191 - 196
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 1 No access
3. Chapter 2 No access
4. Chapter 3 No access
5. Chapter 4 No access
6. Chapter 5 No access
7. Chapter 6 No access
8. Conclusion: Beauty and the Paradoxes of Women’s Subjectivity No access
9. Appendix A: Introducing the Participants No access
10. Appendix B: Methodological Design and Procedure No access
Bibliography No access Pages 239 - 260
Index No access Pages 261 - 272
About the Author No access Pages 273 - 274