The Beauty Industry: Gender, Culture, Pleasure (Hardcover)

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Product Description

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. The interviews in this book -- both with the beauty industry's workers and its clients -- reveal a far more complex and interesting picture.

About the Author

Paula Black is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Sussex. She has written widely on the subjects of gender, beauty, and culture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (June 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415321581
• ISBN-13: 978-0415321587
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,901,195 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)