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Beauty up : exploring contemporary Japanese body aesthetics

An introduction to Japan's burgeoning beauty culture, which investigates a range of phenomenon - aesthetic salons, dieting products, male beauty activities, and beauty language - to find out why Japanese women and men are paying so much attention to their bodies. It aims to challenge various assumptions about the naturalness of beauty standards
eBook, English, ©2006
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©2006
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations
9780520938847, 9781429402347, 9780520245082, 9780520245099, 9781601293978, 9786612771859, 0520938844, 1429402342, 0520245083, 0520245091, 1601293976, 6612771852
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Introduction: approaches to body aesthetics and the beauty system
Changing beauty ideology
Aesthetic salons
Mammary mania
Body fashion and beauty etiquette
Male beauty work
The well-behaved appetite
The language of esute
Esute power
English