
Beauty Is the Beast
Americans spend more than five billion dollars a year on cosmetics. In such a culture, to be unattractive is to be at a disadvantage; to have a physical abnormality that impairs one''s appearance is to be stigmatized and rejected. Destructive to adults, this rejection can be devastating to children.
In Beauty is the Beast, Ann Hill Beuf examines the stigmatization of children who deviate from Ameri...
Americans spend more than five billion dollars a year on cosmetics. In such a culture, to be unattractive is to be at a disadvantage; to have a physical abnormality that impairs one''s appearance is to be stigmatized and rejected. Destructive to adults, this rejection can be devastating to children.
In Beauty is the Beast, Ann Hill Beuf examines the stigmatization of children who deviate from Ameri...