I'm worth my weight in gold

Abstract

I m Worth My Weight In Gold is the examination of gendered social conditioning from the female perspective, addressing ideas of beauty, body image and how these in turn create notions of self and identity within a contemporary Western context. During the last decade of the twentieth century, issues of personal identity and self-image and how identity is constructed, came to the forefront of cultural commentary. I m Worth My Weight In Gold explores not only this concept in relation to the individual and the realm of beauty but looks at the ways in which artists construct or re construct their biographies to ask questions about social conditioning and limitations.