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Author Black, Paula, 1966-

Title The beauty industry : gender, culture, pleasure / Paula Black
Edition First edition
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages)
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index
Notes English
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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.
REFERENCE.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
Beauty culture
Beauty, Personal
Beauty shops
Cosmetics industry
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Human body -- Social aspects
Mind and body
Cosmetica-industrie.
Schoonheidsverzorging.
Vrouwen.
Sociologische aspecten.
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203097645
9780203097649
0203670698
9780203670699