Title The beauty industry : gender, culture, pleasure / Paula Black

Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2004] ©2004

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Description ix, 214 pages ; 21 cm 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index Notes "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada." Subject 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. ISBN 0415321581 0415321573

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