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Author McCracken, Angela B., author

Title The beauty trade : youth, gender, and fashion globlization / by Angela B.V. McCracken
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Oxford studies in gender and international relations
Oxford studies in gender and international relations.
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
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
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Subject Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects
Beauty, Personal -- Economic aspects
Cosmetics industry -- Social aspects
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Teenage girls.
Women -- Identity.
Adolescent
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Teenage girls
Women -- Identity
Jugend
Mode
Selbstbild
Schönheitsideal
Körperbild
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0199908079
9780199908073
9780199381517
0199381518