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Guilty Pleasure:
Women’s Perception of Health, Body Image, and Femininity
2024, illustrated & written in Providence, Rhode Island
Product Description:
This 8-month-long research project explores the paradoxical feelings of "guilt" and "pleasure" and why it predominantly affects women's psyches. Specifically, this book highlights the 'guilt' women often attach to consumption and indulgence and how the concept of "guilty pleasure" interplays with women's perception of health and femininity. I set out to interview 15 local businesswomen in Providence and Boston in the wine and food industries, which tend to supply products that women experience as both pleasurable and guilt-inducing, and in the wellness industry, which tends to operate as remedying, even virtuous alternatives to the former. Each speaker offered her unique perspective on guilty pleasures - what they are, what the concept means, and why anyone would even feel guilty about them. From my research, I found many social, cultural, and historical elements woven into their personal stories, and rarely did a woman tell me that she doesn't feel guilty about indulging in food. This project not only explores the topic of food from a feminine perspective, but also from health, and sociocultural standpoints.
Product Details
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11”
Weight: 1.2 lb
Hardcover: 104 pages
Language English
Color printed on high-quality paper
ISBN: 979-8-218-44202-6
Note: The first edition of the books is sold out! If you’re interested in purchasing some copies, please email irenechung.studio@gmail.com.
©2024 Irene Chung