| Description |
154 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Gay & lesbian studies |
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Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Jeanine C. Cogan, Joanie M. Erickson -- Yeah, You / Carol Wuebker -- Beauty Mandates and the Appearance Obsession: Are Lesbian and Bisexual Women Better Off? / Anna Myers, Jennifer Taub, Jessica F. Morris, Esther D. Rothblum -- Bisexual Women and Beauty Norms: A Qualitative Examination / Jennifer Taub -- Lesbians Discuss Beauty and Aging / Kim M. Thompson, Nancy Brown, Joan Cassidy, Jacqueline H. Gentry -- Beauty on the Borderland: On Being Black Lesbian and Beautiful / Jennifer Lyle, Jeanell Jones, Gail Drakes -- Doing Beauty: Negotiating Lesbian Looks in Everyday Life / Tania N. Hammidi, Susan B. Kaiser -- Listen to the Roars and Whispers of Water / Jeanine C. Cogan -- Confessions of a Butch Straight Woman / Joanie M. Erickson -- Invisible Womon / Beth Daily-Wallach -- Lesbians Walk the Tightrope of Beauty: Thin Is In but Femme Is Out / Jeanine C. Cogan -- The Myth of the Short-Haired Lesbian / Dvora Zipkin -- Even My Hair Won't Grow Straight / EllEn Samuels -- Beauty and the Butch / Bonnie Ruth Strickland -- Secret Torrent / Jeanine C. Cogan -- Lesbians and the Internalization of Societal Standards of Weight and Appearance / Karen Heffernan -- Body Image, Compulsory Heterosexuality, and Internalized Homophobia / Gayle E. Pitman -- Does Feminism Serve a Protective Function Against Eating Disorders? / Constance Guille, Joan C. Chrisler. affect |
| Summary |
What is lesbian beauty? "Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives" explores the many definitions of beauty among lesbians by discussing the norms they create and follow. In addition, it questions how these standards are influenced by heterosexual concepts of beauty. Here you'll find essays, poems, and research papers from women who describe some of the freeing and restrictive aspects of lesbian beauty. Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives examines the way lesbians define and explore the notion of beauty. Through moving, personal stories and well-represented research, this book leads the reader on a path of exploration about beauty norms and the way they liberate and confine lesbians. This sometimes humorous book is an in-depth and insightful examination of beauty practices and how lesbians use them as an expression of style and image and as a means of identifying one another. Compelling topics include: lesbians' diverse expressions and understandings of beauty; the gender of a bisexual woman's partner and how it impacts her beauty routines and self-image; beauty standards of older lesbians and how their views on the qualities of potential partners and on their own partners change as they age; the beauty standards of lesbian and bisexual women of color; pressures on lesbians to be thin and how this affects their feelings about their bodies and themselves; and feminism and its potential role in protecting women from eating disorders and negative body image. Personal, intelligent, and informative, Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick gives you insight into the meanings of lesbian beauty. Emphasizing strength, confidence, and self-acceptance as attractive qualities, this uplifting book will help you realize your own beauty and give you a new freedom to experiment with fresh expressions of it |
| Notes |
Co-published simultaneously as Journal of lesbian studies, vol. 3, no. 4, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Body image in women.
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Self-esteem in women.
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Lesbians -- Attitudes.
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Beauty, Personal.
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Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
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Lesbians.
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| Author |
Cogan, Jeanine C.
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Erickson, Joanie M.
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| LC no. |
99031178 00265125 |
| ISBN |
0789006618 alkaline paper |
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1560231211 alkaline paper |
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