It : a history of human beauty / Arthur Marwick.

By:

Marwick, Arthur, 1936-2006

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Hambledon and London, 2004.Description: xi, 276 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cmISBN:

1852854480
9781852854485

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

111.85 22

LOC classification:

BH151 .M375 2004

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Contents:

1. Fascination -- 2. Plato, Augustine, and Mrs. Astell -- 3. Kings and concubines -- 4. Something handsome and cheap -- 5. Getting married -- 6. Grandes Horizontales -- 7. The tallest wins -- 8. Movies -- 9. The swinging sixties -- 10. A gift from the genes.

Review: "It: A History of Human Beauty treats outstanding physical attractiveness as a quality or possession, comparable to power, intelligence, strength, wealth, education or family, that had a marked effect on history. Beauty in men and women opened opportunities to its possessors not available to the ordinary looking or ugly. While in the past women have had to use the lure of sex to achieve power or wealth, epitomised by royal mistresses or the Grandes Horizontales of the nineteenth century, modern film stars (male and female) can acquire great wealth simply by the use of their images, while attractiveness on television is an essential modern qualification for power, as shown by Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	AUR Library	111.8 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		010750

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"It: A History of Human Beauty treats outstanding physical attractiveness as a quality or possession, comparable to power, intelligence, strength, wealth, education or family, that had a marked effect on history. Beauty in men and women opened opportunities to its possessors not available to the ordinary looking or ugly. While in the past women have had to use the lure of sex to achieve power or wealth, epitomised by royal mistresses or the Grandes Horizontales of the nineteenth century, modern film stars (male and female) can acquire great wealth simply by the use of their images, while attractiveness on television is an essential modern qualification for power, as shown by Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair."--BOOK JACKET.

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