Discourses of Perfection: Representing Cosmetic Procedures and Beauty Products in UK Lifestyle Magazines

ISBN-13: 9780367432355 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 178 str.

Anne-Mette Hermans

Opis

This book explores editorial and advertising discourse on cosmetic procedures and beauty products and services in UK lifestyle magazines, offering a holistic perspective on the normalization of cosmetic procedures and the societal context in which such perceptions flourish.

Spis treści

1. Creating and selling the malleable body  2. Cosmetic procedures  3. Methodology and project  4. Cosmetic procedures and beauty products/services in editorials and advertising  5. Cosmetic procedures and beauty products/services in advertising – General  6. Cosmetic procedures and beauty products/services in advertising – Medical and commercial aspects  7. Blurring boundaries  8. Negotiating masculinities in the beauty market  9. Concluding remarks

O autorze

Anne-Mette Hermans is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.