Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-163) and index.
"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.
JSTOR
22573/cttsx4d4
Body work.
0520210514
Beauty culture-- Social aspects-- United States.
Beauty, Personal-- Social aspects-- United States.
Beauté corporelle-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
Soins de beauté-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
Beauty, Personal-- Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.