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Perceptions of Beauty

Perceptions of Beauty. By: Kinsey Wilson. “Body Art as Visual Language”. B ody art as a visual representation of beauty in different cultures “Beautiful” has a different meaning in every culture The extremes that some cultures will go to be considered attractive

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Perceptions of Beauty

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  1. Perceptions of Beauty By: Kinsey Wilson

  2. “Body Art as Visual Language” • Body art as a visual representation of beauty in different cultures • “Beautiful” has a different meaning in every culture • The extremes that some cultures will go to be considered attractive • Examples: tattoos and piercings shaping or plastic surgery.

  3. “Leaky” • 1990s more people were considered obese than malnourished, except for in Brazil. • Brazilian women took pills (as well as exercised and dieted) that caused fat to be “leaked” from their bodies • Money + appearances = importance • The whiter you are/more plastic surgery you have, the richer you are/seem • Being thin means you’re rich

  4. Brazil • More plastic surgeons per capita • 2001 – 35,000 cosmetic surgeries in a population of 170 million • 60% of working population earns less than 150 U.S. dollars per month • “the power of scalpels”, “the magic of cosmetic surgeries”, and the “march toward scientific progress” • Popular magazines – Plastic Surgery and Beauty, and Plastic Surgery

  5. Afghanistan • Burqa—a law! • Curves • Attractive face, long hair, jewelry, henna tattoos • Face more looked at than body Fiji • Eating disorders • Greeted with food as gifts • Existent pro-curves movements • Full bodies – symbols status and power

  6. Jamaica • Curvy • Chicken pills given to skinny girls South Africa • Eating disorders (1990s) • Pro-body movements since 1990s

  7. China • Forbidden to own hair brush during People’s Republic • Surgery for the rich • Miss Plastic Surgery beauty pageants Other Countries • Japan: Nightingale Droppings – beauty recipe tradition • Kayan tribe – heavy neck rings used to attract a husband • Neck rings: the more added, the more beautiful

  8. India • Jewelry (worn at weddings especially) • Colorful Saris • Homemade remedies Ethiopia • Karo tribe: scars on stomach to attract husbands • Introduced in childhood • Once “completed”symbolizesability to bear children and to get married

  9. Western World • Dark-skinned • Skinny/fitness • Implants • Plastic surgery • Dieting • Cosmetics • Hair extensions/color/perfection • Perfect, white, straight teeth • Fashion

  10. Videos • Rudene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOyqpKXJBXw • Lip plates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBUPLHqEJ-4 • Kayan Tribe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL8ARB5FmsA

  11. Discussion Questions What makes someone “beautiful”? Is plastic surgery playing God?

  12. Quotes • “What ever nature has not given, the knife can solve.” • “A 24 hour working lady if possible, who never complaints, who is up to date with the latest fashion trends, is a fighter, considers herself a “Superwoman” because she can achieve whatever she desires, all by herself.” http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3798150-beauty-ideals-around-the-world • “Using 15-year-old girls to represent the ideal woman makes me think that a woman of 25, 30, 40 years old looks at those billboards and at a magazine and is looking at girls … disguised as women promoting clothing for women, you can’t ever go back to being 15.” –Poran http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/06/can-there-ever-again-be-an-all-american-beauty/

  13. Facts • The average woman is 5 foot 4 inches and 140 lbs compared to the average model being 5 foot 11 inches tall and 115 lbs making models being 98% thinner than American women • 80% of women are unhappy with their appearances • 91% of women through a survey on a college campus said they tried dieting to control their weight gain • 25% of men and 45% of women are on diets • 7 million girls/women and a million boys/men have eating disorders http://thebodyproject.bradley.edu/standards/index.shtm

  14. More Quotes… • 64% of the people that polled said that mixed races are the “epitome of beauty”. http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/06/can-there-ever-again-be-an-all-american-beauty/ • 71% of women and 67% of men said that there’s no such thing as an All-American look • Blond-hair blue-eyed  Dark, sultry look in a time span of 20 years

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