Elizabeth Gackstetter

Taking the concept of beauty seriously, this encyclopedia examines how humanity has sought and continues to seek what is ＂beautiful＂ in a variety of cultural contexts, giving readers an understanding of how to look at beauty both intellectually and critically.
• Provides an interdisciplinary approach to world beauty practices, from the earliest experiments in plastic surgery in 600 B.C. to contemporary practices• Gives readers a representative overview of beauty practices around the globe• Documents how from cosmetics to clothing, exercise to body modification, being beautiful is a goal worldwide• Identifies numerous authoritative sources of information for further research and reading