Chapter 1 Beauty and the Norm: An Introduction

Chapter 2 Faces of Masculinity: Shaving Practices and Popular Exhibitions of ‘Hairy Wonders’ in Early Twentieth-Century Prague

Chapter 3 Standardizing Slimness: How Body Weight Quantified Beauty in the Netherlands, 1870–1940

Chapter 4 Extraordinarily White: The De/Spectacularization of the Albinotic Body and the Normalization of Its Audience

Chapter 5 ‘Disability Gain’ and the Limits of Representing Alternative Beauty

Chapter 7 Reshaping ‘Turkish’ Breasts and Noses: On Cosmetic Surgery, Gendered Norms and the ‘Right to Look Normal’

Chapter 8 Fashioning the Female Muslim Face: From ‘Hiding One’s Beauty’ to ‘Managing One’s Beauty’

Chapter 9 Beauty and the Norm Sketches: A Conversation on a Performative Response

Chapter 10 Body Beautiful: Comparative Meanings of Beauty in Brazil, South Africa and Jamaica

Chapter 11 ‘In This Country, Beauty Is Defined by Fairness of Skin.’ Skin Colour Politics and Social Stratification in India

Chapter 12 Skin Colour Politics and the White Beauty Standard