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An examination of the changes in women's attitudes about self-esteem, appearance, and sexuality over the past twenty-five years journeys from the fashion runways of Paris to the two-parent nursery, from the diaphragm to the WonderBra. 150,000 first printing. $175,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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The whole notion that beauty is somehow politically incorrect is not exactly Nancy Friday's cup of tea. "Beauty is a player," she writes in The Power of Beauty, "Stalking the streets bare-breasted, stiletto heeled, fly unzipped." One of the more successful sex gurus of the last couple decades, Friday believes that the world would be a much better place if women could only stop pretending that beauty isn't important. And of course it wouldn't hurt if they started enjoying sex a little more, too: "It is a terrible waste of natural resources that we don't ... educate women to beam post-orgasmically upon the world."
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Nancy Friday was raised by a single mother in Charleston, South Carolina, before moving to New York in the early 60s. Since 1988, she has been married to Time Inc. editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine. They live in Key West and Connecticut, and dream of traveling the world with one small suitcase. Her background in journalism has included work for Cosmopolitan, and she has been Writer in Residence at The Examiner. She is the author of six previous books, including My Secret Garden, Forbidden Flowers, Jealousy, Women on Top, Men in Love, and the international bestseller, My Mother/My Self.
Hailed by the Detroit News as being "Nancy Friday, Unplugged," The Power of Beauty, her seventh book, is this provocative and controversial author's strongest yet.
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- PublisherHarper Collins
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 009177800X
- ISBN 13 9780091778002
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages488
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In Renaissance art, Nancy Friday was struck by what she perceived as a beam of light between the eyes of Madonna and child, which is called "the gaze" in contemporary child psychology. Friday contends that if a person did not receive the gaze from mother and father, they will seek it for the rest of their life. The theme of this book is that we must come to terms with what we did not get from the gaze in order to make sure our children get it, thus creating healthy self-esteem and sexuality. In the post-feminist age, women have turned from the bra-less, shaven "beauty is a sell-out" stance to a new definition of comforted beauty. Friday traces the evolution of women's attitudes about their appearance, their sexuality, and their conflicting feelings about themselves and others. Through her own life story, and social commentary on subjects ranging from her grandfather's closet to the runaways of Paris, from feminist male-bashing to the emergence of a male sexual object, Friday once again offers a controversial work. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002171086
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