The beauty industry
Subtitle: gender, culture, pleasure
By: Paula Black.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Great Britain.; Beauty, Personal -- Great Britain.; Beauty culture -- Great Britain.; Body, Human -- Social aspects.; Beauty shops -- Great Britain.; Cosmetics industry.; Mind and body.
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.

Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.
Table of contents: value: Ordinary people come through here: introducing the work of the beauty salon; value: Inventing beauty: the history of the beauty salon; value: Just because it feels good doesn't make it right?; value: Identity in the beauty salon; value: The hidden labour of beauty; value: Look good, feel better: promoting health in the beauty salon; value: You feel better when you leave: some concluding comments.