The Beauty Industry: Gender, Culture, Pleasure

by Paula Black

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The beauty industry is now a multinational, multi-million dollar business. In recent years its place in contemporary culture has altered hugely as salons have become not simply places to have your hair cut or your nails done, but increasingly sites of physical and even spiritual therapy.

In this fascinating and nuanced study, Paula Black strips away many popular assumptions about the beauty industry, including the one that says it exploits...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415321573

ISBN13:9780415321570

Release Date:May 2004

Publisher:Routledge

Length:228 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

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Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Social Science Social Sciences

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