10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COSMETICISM»
Discover the use of
cosmeticism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cosmeticism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Mitchell had lived in Paris for some years, had maybe looked at Cezanne,
Cubism and Mondrian, and 'As a woman painter . . . untainted by the usual
cosmeticism . . . she is able to endow her work with real finesse and refinement -
a welcome ...
2
Shadows of Power: An Allegory of Prudence in Land-Use Planning
Melucci (1989, 1996) and Young (2001) are strong advocates of conducting
debate in public spheres independent of the institutions of governance, in order
to provide guarantees of non-corporatism, non-tokenism and non-cosmeticism to
...
3
Now See Hear!: Art, Language, and Translation
For Carmen, a positive means of demarcation, the setting down of a margin along
which dispute could range and ultimately be settled — a state of cosmeticism
along which politicial. racial, and sexual boundaries could be mapped out.
Ian Wedde, Gregory Burke, 1990
So asking wrong questions, and providing one's best answers to wrong
questions—which in this case usually adds up to such distracting cosmeticism as
green consumerism—is a surefire recipe for confusion. And add to that the fact
that we're ...
A lick ofpaint was needed but there was nothing about the big old house that
could not be put right by such cosmeticism. She rang the bell. Without knowing it
she was feeling something akin to what Marty had felt an hour ago, if for different
...
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Human Dependence on Nature: How to Help Solve the ...
These were realism (we accept the circumstances and consequences); cargoism
(accept circumstances but disregard consequences); cosmeticism (disregard
circumstances but partially accept consequences); cynicism (disregard both ...
7
Valerius: A Roman Story
By his side moved a short pursy woman, arrayed in the extremity of gaudy and
costly attire, whose own naturally dark and swarthy complexion did not, in spite of
all the arts of cosmeticism, harmonize very well with the bright golden ringlets of ...
John Gibson Lockhart, 1821
But the congressional bigwigs were pretty young (or looked young, thanks to
cosmeticism) and were mostly Futurists. The swearing-in ceremony was a yawn,
but the band was fantastico and after the national anthem everybody sang BAGS
for ...
9
Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet
These kinds of solutions are what William R. Catton Jr. calls “cosmeticism”—“faith
that relatively superficial adjustments in our activities” will keep the industrial age
going—and they result from an acknowledgment of the fact that industrial ...
Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay, Lierre Keith, 2011
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Integrating Reengineering with Total Quality
... Control charts, 257-58, 363 Control system, 246-48 Copycatism, 144 Core
values and concepts, 367-69 Corporate responsibility, 369 Corrective action, 206
, 328, 347 Cosmeticism, 144 Cost-benefit ratio, 31, 82, 380 Costing, activity-
based.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COSMETICISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cosmeticism is used in the context of the following news items.
A walk by the lake
You realize you're looking at a perfect representation of the city as it is today: pointless, twee cosmeticism coupled with things that could ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Apr 15»
In A World With Bacon Shaving Cream, We Are Unsurprised That …
If I can get me some of that, all I'll need is some chocolate ice cream shampoo and I will be a complete work of culinary cosmeticism. Pizza Hut ... «The Consumerist, Dec 12»
