Woman as design before, behind, between, above, below - Bayley, Stephen (New York Conran Octopus, 2009)
Introduction -- Before: cults of Aphrodite -- Behind: the eroticised bottom from the Kalahari to Prada -- Between: Delta of Venus: the geography -- Above: the industrialisation of the breast -- Below: the Chevalier d'Eon's frock: sexual identity -- Pin ups: from the Virgin to Pamela Anderson -- the camera always lies: stereotypes in photography, movies, advertising -- If I have one life, let me live it as a blonde: a history of cosmetics -- Hemlines and heels: how fashion distorts and exaggerates -- The Callipygan curve: how design appropriated the female form -- The future of sex: surgery, telematics, ex-utero foetal development, smart drugs.
Keywords: Women in art; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).; Popular culture; Women; Body image in women; Human body