Being Gorgeous: Feminism, Sexuality and the Pleasures of the Visual
Author:   Jacki Willson (University of Leeds, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781780762845


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 June 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Being Gorgeous: Feminism, Sexuality and the Pleasures of the Visual


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Author:   Jacki Willson (University of Leeds, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 13.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9781780762845


ISBN 10:   1780762844
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Being Gorgeous and Feminism Part One: Sexuality, Gender & the Art & Erotics of Visual Extravagance 1 Drop Dead Gorgeous: 2 Skin Deep Part Two: The Pleasure of the Visual (Being Gorgeous and the 'Low') 3 Crinoline & Cupcakes 4 Powder Puff & Beauty Spots Part Three: Bitter-Sweet Poetry (Being Gorgeous and the 'High') 5 The Paradoxical Body 6 The Sensual Body 7 Pleasure, Violence & the Sensual Spectacle 8 Creative Spectatorship & the Political Imagination 9 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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'... important, timely and provocative' - Debra Ferreday, author of Online Beginnings


Author Information

Jacki Willson is a Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central Saint Martins University of the Arts, London. She is the author of The Happy Stripper: Pleasures and Politics of the New Burlesque (I.B. Tauris, 2008).

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