The Evolution of Beauty
JULY 28, 2007 Listen to this Story
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Technology doesn't only change to accommodate our bodies, sometimes our bodies change to accommodate technology. Or at least our ideal bodies. Michael J. Lewis teaches art history at Williams College. He's writing a book about the way different technologies -- first photography, then film, and now digital media -- have changed what Americans consider "beautiful" in a face and body.
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