Title The beauty industry : gender, culture, pleasure / Paula Black.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (ix, 214 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
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.
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Subject	Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Great Britain.
	Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
	Great Britain.
	Beauty, Personal -- Great Britain.
	Beauty, Personal.
	Beauty culture -- Great Britain.
	Beauty culture.
	Human body -- Social aspects.
	Human body -- Social aspects.
	Beauty shops -- Great Britain.
	Beauty shops.
	Cosmetics industry.
	Cosmetics industry.
	Mind and body.
	Mind and body.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Black, Paula, 1966- Beauty industry. 1st ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415321581 0415321573 (DLC) 2003022827 (OCoLC)53325424
ISBN	0203097645 (electronic book)
	9780203097649 (electronic book)
	0415321581 (cloth)
	0415321573 (paperback)

Title The beauty industry : gender, culture, pleasure / Paula Black.

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