Blonde Like Me: The Roots of the Blonde Myth in Our Culture

by Natalia Ilyin

Paperback, 2000

Status

Available

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Publication

Touchstone (2000), Edition: Original ed., 192 pages

Description

In this irreverent, unsparing, and witty look at our cultural obsession with blonde, Natalia Ilyin shows us that our apparently modern fixation has truly primeval roots. Highlighting cultural criticism with personal experience, she cites ancient myths, Hollywood iconography, and the daily assault of advertising to reveal why the allure of being a blonde has crossed the boundaries of ethnicity, economics, and age. In essence, she shows us the difference between simply having blonde hair and being a blonde.

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LibraryThing member empress8411
An amusing scholarly study of what being blonde really means. Ilyin gets into some of the science behind why people are attracted to blondes, including evolution, biology, social and culture norms etc. Witty and easy to read, this was a perfect book for a gender studies major - and a blonde, like
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Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

192 p.; 5.5 inches

ISBN

0684852144 / 9780684852140

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beauty

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