The beauty trade : youth, gender, and fashion globlization / Angela B. McCracken.
Series: Oxford studies in gender and international relations: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199381517 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects | Beauty, Personal -- Economic aspects | Cosmetics industry -- Social aspects | Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) | Teenage girls | Women -- Identity
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ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
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.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 28, 2014).