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Permanent waves : the making of the American beauty shop /
Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change. But while the beauty shop cre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change. But while the beauty shop created community, it also reflected the racial segregation that has so profoundly shaped American society. Links between style, race, and identity were so intertwined that for much of the beauty shop's history, black and white hairdressing industries were largely separate entities with separate con. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585480451 9780585480459 9781479867585 1479867586 |