The beauty industry : gender, culture, pleasure /

In this fascinating and nuanced study, Paula Black strips away many popular assumptions about the beauty industry, including the one that says it exploits people's insecurity by projecting an illusory beauty myth.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Black, Paula, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > Great Britain.
Beauty, Personal > Great Britain.
Beauty culture > Great Britain.
Human body > Social aspects.
Beauty shops > Great Britain.
Cosmetics industry.
Mind and body.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) > Grande-Bretagne.
Beauté corporelle > Grande-Bretagne.
Soins de beauté > Grande-Bretagne.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Instituts de beauté > Grande-Bretagne.
Cosmétiques > Industrie.
Esprit et corps.
REFERENCE.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming.
Beauty culture.
Beauty, Personal.
Beauty shops.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Cosmetica-industrie.
Schoonheidsverzorging.
Vrouwen.
Sociologische aspecten.
Great Britain.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ordinary people come through here: introducing the work of the beauty salon
  • Inventing beauty: the history of the beauty salon
  • Just because it feels good doesn't make it right?: identity in the beauty salon
  • The hidden labour of beauty
  • Look good, feel better: promoting health in the beauty salon
  • You feel better when you leave: some concluding comments.

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