Beautiful War - A History and Culture of Body Aesthetics

Author: Wu Bin
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book is a fascinating history of humanity's unique journey to beautify the body. From distant African tribes to Hollywood's studios, from rural girls to urban women, tattooing, breast enlargement, piercing, hanging rings, body shaping, and buttock enhancement—every moment of beauty involves the torment of the body. Yet beauty is irresistible, so the war on the body never ceases.