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1 online resource |
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Oxford studies in gender and international relations |
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Oxford studies in gender and international relations.
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Contents |
Cover; THE BEAUTY TRADE: Youth, Gender, and Fashion Globalization; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; Introduction: The Beauty Trade; CHAPTER 1 Seeing the Global Economy of Beauty Through Gender Lenses; CHAPTER 2 Here Comes the Quinceañera : Isn't She Beautiful?; CHAPTER 3 Princess Dresses, Sexy Dances, and Eye Shadow: The Construction of a Global Political Economy of Beauty Through a Makeover; CHAPTER 4 Beauty and the Quince : A Reproductive Economy View; CHAPTER 5 Beauty Has a Price: The Global Productive Economy of Beauty |
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CHAPTER 6 Different Brands of Beauty: Subcultures and the Global Virtual EconomyConclusion: Youth, Gender and Fashion Globalization; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; APPENDIXA A Note about Methods; APPENDIX B Youth Interview Questions; APPENDIXC Adult Interview Questions; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
Summary |
This text is an analysis of the globalization of beauty products, practices, and ideas, as seen through the lives of youth in Mexico. Far from frivolous, the beauty economy is key to youth's social and economic development |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects
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Beauty, Personal -- Economic aspects
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Cosmetics industry -- Social aspects
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Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
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Teenage girls.
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Women -- Identity.
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Adolescent
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects
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Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
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Teenage girls
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Women -- Identity
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Jugend
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Mode
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Selbstbild
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Schönheitsideal
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Körperbild
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
0199908079 |
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9780199908073 |
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9780199381517 |
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0199381518 |
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