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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A long overdue book!
Dotson takes an insightful look at how our culture dictates how men should view themselves and the extreme lengths that we go to in order to achieve an unrealistic ideal. It's about time someone explored a concept once so closely associated with women. Like a surgeon, Dotson dissects this very timely subject and exposes how men can be just as gullible as women when it...
Published on April 9, 1999
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Immensely disappointing
An angry Dotson's adds nothing but his own value judgments on male beauty (or the male physique) in today's culture. There is very little objectivity in the book as Dotson bashes everything from advertising to working out.
Published on August 17, 1999
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A long overdue book!,
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This review is from: Behold the Man: The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Hardcover)
Dotson takes an insightful look at how our culture dictates how men should view themselves and the extreme lengths that we go to in order to achieve an unrealistic ideal. It's about time someone explored a concept once so closely associated with women. Like a surgeon, Dotson dissects this very timely subject and exposes how men can be just as gullible as women when it comes to self-image.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Immensely disappointing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Behold the Man: The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture (Paperback)
An angry Dotson's adds nothing but his own value judgments on male beauty (or the male physique) in today's culture. There is very little objectivity in the book as Dotson bashes everything from advertising to working out.
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Behold the Man: The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture by Edisol W. Dotson (Paperback - January 1, 1999)
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