Sri Aurobindo is generally known as "Yogi" but beyond this legendary status he was a freedom fighter profound thinker, metaphysician, philosopher, social reformer, visionary and an ardent ...nationalist. Sri Aurobindo was indeed a versatile genius. Aurobindo is known as Sri Aurobindo in which 'Sri' means beauty of divinity. He had the divine qualities which are concerned for his name. We can consider him as a prophet of nationalism and lover of humanity. Dr. Radhakrishnan described Sri Aurobindo as 'the most accomplished of modern Indian thinkers'. Rabindranath Tagore painted him as the 'Messiah of Indian culture and civilization'.
Body hair, especially on women, provokes, disrupts, and, at
times, offends. It is tangled up with culture itself-in art,
families, workplaces, relationships, sex, the beauty industry,
governments, ...and capitalism. From Chinese activists challenging the
Communist Party, to students in Arizona rejecting their family and
workplace ideas about grooming, to high-art feminist photographers
boldly featuring hairy women, Fahs deftly explores the volatile and
ever-changing landscape of women's body hair politics. She
showcases an underground movement of artists, zine-makers, rebels,
and activists who have used women's visible body hair as a
declaration of freedom from patriarchal norms.
Fahs presents body hair not just as a personal grooming choice
but as a connection to broader cultural stories about women's
reproductive rights, feminist battlegrounds about autonomy,
neoliberal intrusions into beauty regimens, and even global
tensions around women's place in society. Ultimately,
Unshaved shows the collision between the mundane and the
extraordinary, the everyday and the revolutionary.
Beauty pageants are wildly popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands, outnumbering any other single performance event and capturing the attention of the local people from toddlers to seniors. Local beauty ...contests provide women opportunities to demonstrate talent, style, the values of black womanhood, and the territory's social mores.
Queen of the Virgins: Pageantry and Black Womanhood in the Caribbeanis a comprehensive look at the centuries-old tradition of these expressions in the Virgin Islands. M. Cynthia Oliver maps the trajectory of pageantry from its colonial precursors at tea meetings, dance dramas, and street festival parades to its current incarnation as the beauty pageant or "queen show." For the author, pageantry becomes a lens through which to view the region's understanding of gender, race, sexuality, class, and colonial power.
Focusing on the queen show, Oliver reveals its twin roots in slave celebrations that parodied white colonial behavior and created creole royal rituals and celebrations heavily influenced by Africanist aesthetics. Using the U.S. Virgin Islands as an intriguing case study, Oliver shows how the pageant continues to reflect, reinforce, and challenge Caribbean cultural values concerning femininity.Queen of the Virginsexamines the journey of the black woman from degraded body to vaunted queen and how this progression is marked by social unrest, growing middle-class sensibilities, and contemporary sexual and gender politics.
In recent years, geeks have become chic, and the fashion and beauty industries have responded to this trend with a plethora of fashion-forward merchandise aimed at the increasingly lucrative fan ...demographic. This mainstreaming of fan identity is reflected in the glut of pop culture T-shirts lining the aisles of big box retailers as well as the proliferation of fan-focused lifestyle brands and digital retailers over the past decade. While fashion and beauty have long been integrated into the media industry with tie-in lines, franchise products, and other forms of merchandise, there has been limited study of fans’ relationship to these items and industries. Sartorial Fandom shines a spotlight on the fashion and beauty cultures that undergird fandoms, considering the retailers, branded products, and fan-made objects that serve as forms of identity expression. This collection is invested in the subcultural and mainstream expression of style and in the spaces where the two intersect. Fan culture is, in many respects, an optimal space to situate a study of style because fandom itself is often situated between the subcultural and the mainstream. Collectively, the chapters in this anthology explore how various axes of lived identity interact with a growing movement to consider fandom as a lifestyle category, ultimately contending that sartorial practices are central to fan expression but also indicative of the primacy of fandom in contemporary taste cultures.
Glamour Dyhouse, Carol
2010., 2010, 2010-02-11, 2013-04-04, 20100101
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This book explores the changing meanings of glamour, its relationship to femininity and fashion, and its place in twentieth century social history. It also examines with wit and insight the history ...and meaning of costume, cosmetics, perfume and fur.
Collagen-based supplements have become a keystone in the management of the ageing process, with proven ability to repair skin damage, bestowing a youthful and healthy appearance sought in the pursuit ...of beauty. Collagen is an essential scaffold protein that gives smoothness and elasticity to skin, but its production declines with age. Finding ways to tackle this problem is now strongly promoted as an effective way to transform skin and hair, repairing age-related deterioration. A growing number of scientific studies show exciting evidence that it is possible to rejuvenate ageing or damaged skin, improve function of worn joints, and support personal wellbeing and vitality. In recent times, research on the mechanisms which impact the production of collagen in skin and the ideal organization into functional fibres which give skin its characteristic elasticity and firmness has provided new insights into how this bio-scaffold can support cells, tissues and organs. The factors which influence collagen production over a lifetime (e.g., puberty, pregnancy, menopause, andropause), intrinsic factors (e.g., genetics, age, ethnicity) and extrinsic factors (e.g., UV-radiation, pollution, smoking) and the potential for new technologies, ingredients and devices to restore collagen and matrix components to their optimal condition are improving the ability to deliver anti-aging strategies with unprecedented results. This paper will review skin collagen production, structure and function throughout the lifestages, emphasizing its relationship with health, appearance and beauty.
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