Reframing Beauty - Selzer, Anita
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REFRAMING BEAUTY PRESENTS A DIFFERENT WAY OF VIEWING A WOMAN'S BEAUTY THAT'S NOT ABOUT HER LOOKS, NOT ABOUT HER FACE OR BODY... Anita Selzer explores the role of a woman as a person; what she is doing with her life and how she is living it. The book offers examples of diverse women around the globe who are currently performing beauty in various & unique ways. Anita shares her own real experience of facial surgery and how that made her feel, considering the cultural value highly accorded to a woman's beauty in the world. She considers past and recent ideas about all women's beauty that have…mehr

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REFRAMING BEAUTY PRESENTS A DIFFERENT WAY OF VIEWING A WOMAN'S BEAUTY THAT'S NOT ABOUT HER LOOKS, NOT ABOUT HER FACE OR BODY... Anita Selzer explores the role of a woman as a person; what she is doing with her life and how she is living it. The book offers examples of diverse women around the globe who are currently performing beauty in various & unique ways. Anita shares her own real experience of facial surgery and how that made her feel, considering the cultural value highly accorded to a woman's beauty in the world. She considers past and recent ideas about all women's beauty that have been influential, chronicling how ideals of beauty in terms of hair, makeup and fashion have changed over time; what they are currently and the trending shift towards diversity that we see now. "An insightful and thoughtful work of perspectives and challenging the social awareness of often misunderstood intentions...I loved this as a book to help all women put balance in their views of themselves and the world around them...liberating..." Lenore, indiebook reviewer
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Anita Selzer is the highly acclaimed author of eleven books in non-fiction for children and adults with an interest in women and history. She has written about Australian sportswomen who achieved at high levels including the Olympics: athletes, basketballers, golfers, hockey players, netballers and swimmers; girls' education in Australia; governors' wives in Australia and the pastoral pioneers of Como House. Before becoming a writer, Anita was a teacher of English and Politics and completed Masters and Doctorate degrees in Education, focusing on gender and history. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Women's Studies and lives in Melbourne with her family. Praise for I AM SASHA by Anita Selzer - Based on the experiences of the author's own father and retold using her grandmother's memoir, this extraordinary story remained a family secret until their death. Now author Anita Selzer documents the astounding lengths that her grandmother went to, to protect her family. 'A remarkable act of love by writing.' - Morris Gleitzman 'A compelling reminder of the cruelty of discrimination . . . and a testament to a boy's bravery, sublimating his true identity in the face of ever-present danger.' - Simon French