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 The Beauty Myth Information
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 The Beauty Myth, published in 1991, is a book by Naomi Wolf. It examines beauty as a demand and as a judgement upon women. Subtitled How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, Wolf examines how modern conceptions of women's beauty impact the spheres... 
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 National Review The Beauty Myth.
07/08/1991: 1,087 words, approx. 4 pages IN The Beauty Myth, a provocative new feminist tract which should take its place alongside such polemics as Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, Naomi Wolf argues that American women are enslaved by the cultural edict to be beautiful. They are victims of an impossible... summary from source:
The Village Voice The beauty myth
04/16/2002: 876 words, approx. 3 pages Ellen McLaughlin, Tony Kushner, and a Noted Greek Celeb HELEN By Ellen McLaughlin Joseph Papp Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street 212-239-6200 VOICES FROM THE HILL Adapted by Gregory Wolfe and Gregory J. Sherman Connelly Theater 220 East 4th Street 212-206-1515... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Up a Tree With Naomi Wolf-Meet Dad, the Marvelous Mentor
5/1/2005: 1,188 words, approx. 4 pagesThe Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom From My Father on How to Live, Love, and See, by Naomi Wolf. Simon and Schuster, 278 pages, $24.Naomi Wolf is one lucky lass. Oh, she's had her share of troubles-like that time at Yale when Harold Bloom laid his "heavy,...
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 Critical Review by Diane Johnson
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In the following excerpt, Johnson discusses the significance of The Beauty Myth and renewed interest in feminism, gender roles, and masculinity, as reflected by a number of new books published in the early 1990s.
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 Essay Grade: 92%The Beauty Myth, A Review
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Reviews The Beauty Myth, a book about womens rights by Naomi Wolf. Examines what makes a woman beautiful. Describes some of the issues women face from day to day including advertising, sex, hunger and violence.
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