Challenging the ugliness of beauty : beautification as an instrument of female agency
The patriarchal beauty standard, or the beauty ideal, holds a powerful influence in societal practices and institutions. It prevails as a dominant standard that subjects women to vast amount of pressure and scrutiny in their physical appearance, and it acts as a basis for determining the socioeconom...
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Main Author: | Chong, Eunice Chin Hui |
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Other Authors: | Christopher Louis Suhler |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2019
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136485 |
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