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Author Holland, Samantha

Title Alternative femininities : body, age and identity / Samantha Holland
Published Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 216 pages)
Series Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X
Dress, body, culture.
Contents Growing up but staying 'freaky' : an introduction. Methodological framework. Theoretical position. A brief overview of the empirical chapters -- Background reading. Femininity. Fashion theory. Subcultural theory. Identity and 'self.' The body -- Negotiating fluffy femininities. What is femininity?. 'I am not a bit fluffy.' Describing traditional femininity. The 'tools' and how to use them -- How to be a fairy princess. Fairies at play. 'My hair is everything.' Commitment : time and money -- Categories of unconventional. Bohemian dress. Black clothing. Anti-fashion and feminism. Defining 'alternatives.' To compromise or not to compromise -- 'More like torture than love'? Bodies/image. 'This is me!' -- Defying the crone? Age catches up with you. Policing yourself ... and others. 'Toning down' your appearance. You're as young as you feel. Marking the occasion -- Reflections and conclusions. Tensions and paradoxes. Strategies. How to do 'girly.' -- Resisting 'girly.' Women getting older. Shifts and changes
Summary Imagine a world where the oppressive, over-feminized images of women from advertising, television, films, and magazines have re-armed themselves with army boots, body modifications, and flamboyant hair. Is this just another fairy tale, and if so, why cant it be a reality? In Alternative Femininities, Samantha Holland unpacks the myth of model womanhood and considers how a particular group of real women define and practise femininity. These women, who see themselves as alternative', modify and su bvert popular images of femininity. The choices they make in clothing, appearance and body modific
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-178) and index
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Subject Women -- Identity.
Femininity.
Sex role.
Feminism.
Fashion.
Aging.
Self-perception.
Feminism
Aging
Self Concept
Gender Role
sex role.
feminism.
Gender studies, gender groups.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Aging
Fashion
Femininity
Feminism
Self-perception
Sex role
Women -- Identity
Geschlechtsidentität
Body Art
Weiblichkeit
Stereotyp
Frau
Vrouwelijkheid.
Identiteit.
Stereotypen.
Mulheres.
Identidade.
Feminismo.
Féminité
Identité (Psychologie)
Rôle selon le sexe.
Femme.
Connaissance de soi.
Vieillissement.
Mode.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1845205332
9781845205331
9781845207250
1845207254
9781847888648
184788864X
1280339462
9781280339462