Being gorgeous : feminism, sexuality and the pleasures of the visual. /: feminism, sexuality and the pleasures of the visual. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacki Willson.
• Other Names: Willson, Jacki
• Contents: List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Being an Art Object -- Part I -- 1 -- Exquisite Surfaces -- Eye Candy -- 2 -- Naked Girls -- To Be Looked At23 -- Part II -- 3 -- Anarchic Femininities -- Creative Sexpots -- 4 -- Being an Object1 -- Subcultural Models -- Part III -- 5 -- Fashion and Art -- Glitter and Meat -- 6 -- Sex -- Masturbation -- Part IV -- 7 -- Crumbling Bath Bombs and Flaking Nail Varnish -- Toxic Flowers and Barbed Flesh -- 8 -- Masquerade Balls and the 'Green Fairy' -- The Mind as Magical Fairground -- Conclusion -- Now you see me ... -- ... And now you don't -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (230 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.42; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Femininity; Sex role; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Femininity; Sex role; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0857726919; 9780857726919; 9780857739995; 0857739999
• Related ISBNs: 1780762844; 1780762836
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-223) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.