Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65343
Title: | We still live in a world where being beautiful is vastly important |
Authors: | Duca, Edward |
Keywords: | Beauty, Personal Beauty culture Communicable diseases Segregation |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | University of Malta |
Citation: | Duca, E. (2017). We still live in a world where being beautiful is vastly important. THINK Magazine, 21, 6-7. |
Abstract: | Throughout history the concept of ‘beauty’ has been merged with our concept of what is morally ‘good’. Since the Ancient Greeks, who thought that beauty was inherently good and ugliness was inherently evil, we have struggled to move away from this way of thinking. A ‘normal’ individual is usually defined as ‘beautiful’ in some sense, be it through good health, social class, or appearance. Problems arise when the binary emerges, seeing deviations from the norm rejected as ugly, dirty, immoral, and ‘sick’. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65343 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - CenEBI Think Magazine, Issue 21 Think Magazine, Issue 21 |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
We_still_live_in_a_world_where_being_beautiful_is_vastly_important_2017.pdf | 642.42 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in OAR@UM are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.