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An Obsession with Beauty is a Sign of a Declining Culture

2014
The chapter focusses on the current cultural obsession with beauty and analyse its social causes and outcomes. My stance is that Western Civilisation is in decline yet never have we been as devoted to improving our looks through cosmetic and surgical beauty ritual.
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Girls and beauty (pageant) culture

2021
This chapter on children and beauty culture begins by discussing aspects of appearance as they appear in pre-adolescent girlhood. Activities like child beauty pageants and various forms of dance are discussed, though the long-term impacts of early sexualization and media exposure are not well understood, which reveals the need for future research in ...
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The Concept of Beauty in Different Cultures

2016
The discussion of what is beautiful and what is not has occupied the attention of philosophers, mathematicians, artists, architects, anatomists, surgeons, and theologians for the last 2,500 years. In general terms the idea of beauty applies to the human figure, to animals, and other elements of nature as well as to architecture, design, and artistic ...
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Cultural Intifada, Beautiful Resistance

2020
This chapter begins by exploring the historical development of Palestinian theatre since 1967. Retracing the historical development of a number of theatre companies, this chapter illustrates the close relationship between artistic works, the changing political climate and the national movement.
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Consumption Markets & Culture

Consumption Markets and Culture, 2022
Nicky Falkof
exaly  

Beautiful Things in Popular Culture

2007
List of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Alan McKee. 1. The Best Contemporary Mainstream Superhero Comics Writer - Brian Michael Bendis: Henry Jenkins. 2. The Best Batman Story - The Dark Knight Returns: Will Brooker. 3. The Best Serial Killer Novel - Red Dragon: Sue Turnbull. 4.
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Television culture and the beauty bias problem: an analysis of India’s postmillennial television serials

Media Asia, 2022
Srirupa Chatterjee
exaly  

Perception of beauty in different cultures

2023
Murat Kara, Fatma Figen Özgür
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Post-COVID-19 Era Fashion Culture Perception Impacting on Beauty Consumption Behavior Change

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2022
Yen Hsu, Yang-Wen Chang
exaly  

Egyptian Beauty Culture

Notes and Queries, 1940
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