Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America explores the ways in which women in the years following World War II refashioned their bodies – through reducing diets, exercise, and plastic surgery – and asks what insights these changing beauty standards can offer into gender dynamics in postwar America.

186 pages, 4 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	May 26, 2017
ISBN13	9781138681668
Publishers	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages	176
Dimensions	229 × 152 × 20 mm · 288 g
Language	English

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