Bodies in Transition

Bodies in Transition: The Evolution of Male and Female Representation in Western Culture (1950-1980) How did we go from the "hourglass" housewife to the androgynous rebel? In just thirty years, the Western ideal of the human body underwent a total revolution. From the rigid gender roles of the post-war 1950s to the explosive pluralism of the 1970s, Pietro Cioni traces the cultural, political, and social forces that transformed our physical identities. Inside this comprehensive visual and an...