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McCracken, Angela B.,

The beauty trade : youth, gender, and fashion globlization / Angela B. McCracken. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford studies in gender and international relations . - Oxford studies in gender and international relations. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text is an analysis of the globalization of beauty products, practices, and ideas, as seen through the lives of youth in Mexico. Far from frivolous, the beauty economy is key to youth's social and economic development.

ISBN: 9780199381517 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Beauty, Personal--Social aspects.
Beauty, Personal--Economic aspects.
Cosmetics industry--Social aspects.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Teenage girls.
Women--Identity.

LC Class. No.: HQ1219 / .M33 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4613