Re: Request for refs. on studies of beauty contests

ENANGEL who-is-at cityu.edu.hk
Sun, 25 Aug 1996 16:47:04 +0800

Vera,
Thanks for your response. Would you by any chance have Kim Chernin's
mailing or e-mail address?
Thanks!
Angel

>
> Angel,
> Although I am in the midst of feminist literature as I am writing a
> chapter on gender and collaboration, I cannot think of anything
> relevant to your particular topic. Kim Chernin has written a lot on women
> and body image, she may be a broader resource.
> Vera
>
> On Fri, 23 Aug 1996
> ENANGEL who-is-at cityu.edu.hk wrote:
>
> > Hi xmca-ers,
> >
> > (I made this request 2 years ago; and would like to make this request
> > again; hope you can help:)
> >
> > I'm doing a study on beauty contest discourse practices in Hong Kong, and
> > would like to look at some (feminist) studies done on similar topics, e.g.,
> > images of beauty/ sexuality in the media from feminist and/or sociolinguistic
> > perspectives; I've looked at Naomi Wolf's the Beauty Myth;
> > could you suggest other key refs. that I should look at in this area?
> >
> > Thanks very much in advance!
> > Angel
> > ---------------------------
> > Angel Lin, Ph.D.
> > Dept of English
> > City University
> > Hong Kong
> > E-Mail: enangel who-is-at cityu.edu.hk
> >
> >
> >
>
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> Vera P. John-Steiner
> Department of Linguistics
> Humanities Bldg. 526
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM 87131
> (505) 277-6353 or 277-4324
> Internet: vygotsky who-is-at triton.unm.edu
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