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Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance

by Wendy Chapkis, Gon Buurman

Pages: 214

Contributors: Wendy Chapkis,Gon Buurman

Publisher: South End Press

Place of Publication: Boston

Publication Year: 1986

Subjects: Sex Role,Femininity,Feminine Beauty (Aesthetics)

Table of Contents

Title Page

Table of Contents

Secrets

1: Changing Landscapes

2: Skin Deep

3: Dress as Success

4: Ugly as Sin

5: Toward a More Colorful Revolution

After Word

Foot Notes

Bibliography

Index

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