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A short 5 minutes presentation to link Beauty and Culture
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December 2009
01/12/2009
Content
201/12/2009
Introduction
Body sizes ideals
Body mutilations
Conclusion
Voltaire’s quote
301/12/2009
“Ask a toad what is beauty?He will answer:
A female with two great round eyes
coming out of her little head, a large fat mouth,
a yellow bellyand a brown back.”
--- Voltaire ---
Voltaire’s quote
401/12/2009
My criterions are not yours !
501/12/2009
Beauty is relative
601/12/2009
People in every culture have always sought to change the natural appearance of their bodies.
They reshape and sculpt their bodies.
These customs are diverse and particular to a culture at a specific period of time.
Body sizes ideals
701/12/2009
In some parts of Africa (Cameroon, Mauritania,…)
Obesity is sexy.
Body sizes ideals
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In the Western World,Thinness is sexy.
Berk…
Body “mutilations”
901/12/2009
Piercing - Perforation Tattooing Scarification Insertion of foreign bodies or materials Compression Distention Enlargement Plastic surgery
The Padaung women
1001/12/2009
Ringed Neck Stretching (Myanmar)
The Mursi women
1101/12/2009
Disked Lip Stretching (Ethiopia)
The Chinese women
1201/12/2009
Foot Binding (Old custom)
A European 19th century Fashion
1301/12/2009
Corsets and
Wasp Waist
A 20th/21st century Fashion
1401/12/2009
Plastic Surgery…
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Michael Jackson
A Picasso-like Plastic Surgery(lol)
Beauty of Mona-Lisa
1501/12/2009
Beauty of Mona-Lisa
1601/12/2009
http://www.naz.edu:9000/~bio226w/cultural/cultures/BodyAlterations.htmhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71151/body-modifications-and-mutilationshttp://www.megamonalisa.com/
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