ISBN:
1597345067
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9781597345064
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9780520926868
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0520926862
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0585466319
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9780585466316
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 171 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Body work
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Beauty, Personal Social aspects
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United States
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Beauty culture Social aspects
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United States
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Beauté corporelle Aspect social
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États-Unis
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Soins de beauté Aspect social
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États-Unis
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Beauty, Personal Social aspects
;
Beauty culture Social aspects
;
Beauty, Personal Social aspects
;
Beauty culture Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
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Beauty, Personal ; Social aspects
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Beautifully written, cleverly argued, and skillfully researched, Debra Gimlin's Body Work goes beyond the argument that the beauty industry exists only to control women. Instead, Gimlin examines women's relationship to beauty from a feminist sociological perspective, finding that women are not dupes of the beauty industry but rather use body work in both empowering and degrading ways. It's about time a sociologist delved into women's complicated relationship to the beauty industry!"--Verta Taylor, author of Rock-a-By Baby: Feminism, Self-Help, and Postpartum Depression"This fascinating study r
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-163) and index. - Description based on print version record
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