WRC Suggested Reading Lists:
Mirror, Mirror On the Wall -- Body Image and Beauty: A Selected Reading List
Adios, Barbie: Young Women Write About Body Image and Identity. Ophira Edut (1998)
The Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession. Harrison G. Pope, Jr., Katherine A. Phillips, and Roberto Olivardia (2000)
Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity. Sharlene Hesse-Biber (1996, 1997)
Beauty Matters. Peg Zeglin Brand (2000)
The Beauty Myth; How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Naomi Wolf (1991, 1992)
Behold the Man; The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture. Edisol Wayne Dotson (1999)
Body Image; Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children. Sarah Grogan (1999)
Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules Of Beauty and Body Image. Ophira Edut (1998, 2003)
Body Outlaws; Young Women Write About Body Image and Identity. Ophira Edut (1998, 2000)
The Body Snatchers: How the Media Shapes Women. Cyndi Tebbel (2000)
Body War; Making Peace with Women's Bodies. Margo Maine (2000)
Fashioning the Body Politic: Dress, Gender, Citizenship. Wendy Parkins (2002) The Fierce Beauty Club: Women Reclaiming Power, Discovering Sisterhood and Celebrating Body and Soul. Elizabeth Herron (2000)
Flesh Wounds: The Culture Of Cosmetic Surgery. Virginia L. Blum (2003)
Hair Raising; Beauty, Culture, and African American Women. Noliwe M. Rooks (1996)
The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in America. Charisse W. Goodman (1995)
Lesbians, Levis and Lipstick; The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives. Jeanine C. Cogan and Joanie M. Erickson (1999)
Living Large! Affirmations For Living the Life You Want In the Body You Already Have. Cher K. Erdman (2003)
Looking Good; Male Body Image in Modern America. Lynne Luciano (2001) Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Communities. Dawn Atkins (1998)
The Mass Market Woman; Defining Yourself as a Person in a World That Defines You By Your Appearance. Linda McBryde (1999)
Measuring Up: How Advertising Affects Self-Image. Vickie Rutledge Shields and Dawn Heinecken (2002)
Mediated Women: Representations In Popular Culture. Marian Meyers (1999)
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World; Beauty Pageants and National Identity. Sarah BanetÂWeiser (1999)
No Body's Perfect: Stories By Teens About Body Image, Self-Acceptance and the Search For Identity. Kimberly Kirberger (2003)
The Politics of Women's Bodies; Sexuality, Appearance and Behavior. Rose Weitz (2003)
Shapesville. Andy Mills and Becky Osborn (2003)
When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies; Freeing Yourself From Food and Weight Obsession. Jane R. Hirshmann and Carol H. Munter (1995)