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GEN N105BF Food for Shape 營養 ∙ 養型 General Education School of Nursing and Health Studies Evolution of beauty standards (1) Prepared by Dr. Queenie Law Course Outline Year: 2024 Term: Spring Course-coordinator: Dr. LAW Queenie Contact number / e-mail: 3970 2974 / [email protected] Course descripti...

GEN N105BF Food for Shape 營養 ∙ 養型 General Education School of Nursing and Health Studies Evolution of beauty standards (1) Prepared by Dr. Queenie Law Course Outline Year: 2024 Term: Spring Course-coordinator: Dr. LAW Queenie Contact number / e-mail: 3970 2974 / [email protected] Course description 5-credit, GE course Course aim to explore various concepts that have bearing on our choice of food, including beauty standards, culture and health to examine various contemporary weight management strategies to apply the knowledge learned in the course in designing and preparing a dish integrated with relevant cultural elements Evolution of beauty standards On completion of this lecture, students will be able to: Describe ‘what is beauty’; Comprehend beauty from different perspectives; Examine the evolution of beauty standards. Assessment BOTH continuous assessment and examination 1. Continuous assessment: Written test 50% 1-3-2024 (Friday) 18:00 to 19:30, Venue: F0401 2. Group Project: Dish design and demonstration 50% Textbook Dudek, S. G. (2018). Nutrition essentials for nursing practice. Wolters Kluwer. Klein, J.A. & Watson, J.L. (2016). The handbook of food and anthropology. Bloomsbury Academic. Lecture One On completion of this lecture, students will be able to: Describe Women’s ideal body types throughout history; Describe ‘what is beauty’. Women’s ideal body types throughout history Ancient Egypt Date: 3000 BCE - 332 Major Events: Battle of Kadesh https://www.britannica.com/place/ancientEgypt/Thutmose-IV Ancient Egypt (c. 1292 – 1069 B.C.) Narrow shoulders High Waist Symmetrical Face Ancient Greece (c. 500 – 300 B.C.) Kalon: the ideal of physical and moral beauty Ancient Greece (c. 500 – 300 B.C.) Women were considered ‘Disfigured’ versions of men Plump 豐滿 Full-bodied Light Skin Han Dynasty (c. 209 B.C. – 220 A.D.) Han Dynasty (c. 209 B.C. – 220 A.D.) Slim Waist Pale Skin Large Eyes Small feet “一白遮三醜” The chinese believed that having beautiful white skin covers up all faults. Italian Renaissance (c. 1400 – 1700) Italian Renaissance (c. 1400 – 1700) Ample bosom (= large breasts) Rounded stomach Full hips Fair skin Victorian England (c. 1837- 1901) Women wore corsets to achieve the ideal body shape Victorian England (c. 1837- 1901) Desirably plump Full-figured clinched waist Roaring Twenties (c 1920s) Roaring Twenties (c 1920s) Flat-chested Downplayed waist Short bob hairstyle Boyish figure Golden age of Hollywood (c1930s – 1950s) Golden age of Hollywood (c1930s – 1950s) Curvy Hourglass figure 沙漏樣的身材 Large breasts Slim waist Swinging Sixties (c 1960s) Swinging Sixties (c 1960s) Willowy Thin Long Slim Legs Adolescent Physique Supermodel Era (c. 1980s) "million dollar faces" of the beauty industry Supermodel Era (c. 1980s) Athletic Svelte 身材苗條 but curvy Tall Toned arms Heroin Chic (c. 1990s) Reaction against the "healthy" and vibrant look of leading 1980s models Heroin Chic (c. 1990s) Waifish ( thin and looking unhealthy or uncared for) Extremely thin Translucent skin Androgynous (雌雄同體的) Postmodern beauty (c 2000s – Today) Postmodern beauty (c 2000s – Today) Flat stomach “healthy” skinny Large breasts and butt Thigh gap Women regularly get plastic surgery to achieve their desired look What is Beauty? What Is Beauty? Measureable? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvXL3RM701s Many different perspectives: Philosophical, biophysiological, beauty of the face, beauty of the body, the relation between beauty and memory and individual’s perceptions of beauty (Sisti, Aryan & Sadeghi, 2021, p. 2163-2164) References: BuzzFeedvideo. (2015, January 27). Women’s throughout History. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrp0zJZu0a4 Ideal Body Types YouTube. Sisti, A., Aryan, N., & Sadeghi, P. (2021). What is Beauty? Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 45(5), 2163–2176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266021-02288-2 Skov, M., & Nadal, M. (2021). The nature of beauty: behavior, cognition, and neurobiology. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1488(1), 44–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14524 Tech Insider. (2016, November 6). How the perfect body for men has changed over the last 150 years. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPAOPWIJt2k