by Joan Jacobs Brumberg · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679735298
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«The Body Project» is the historical essay by Joan Jacobs Brumberg, in paperback (336 pages, in English).
This historical essay traces the evolution of body image among American adolescent girls from the Victorian era to the present. Using personal diaries and media references, it shows the shift from inner virtue to obsession with appearance and weight, and notes that this pressure begins in girls aged eight or nine.
The book was published in 1998 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and carries the subtitle 'An Intimate History of American Girls'.
For educators, school psychologists, and readers interested in social history, gender studies, and adolescent development.
