Gender and the beauty industry
Subtitle: discipline and power
By: Paula Black.
Edition: 1st ed.
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."
Table of contents: title: Ordinary people come through here: introducing the work of the beauty salon; title: Inventing beauty: the history of the beauty salon; title: Just because it feels good doesn't make it right?; title: Identity in the beauty salon; title: The hidden labour of beauty; title: Look good, feel better: promoting health in the beauty salon; title: You feel better when you leave: some concluding comments.