Men are real, women are 'made up': Beauty therapy and the construction of femininity

Sociological Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 100-116

  Black, Paula ^a   Sharma, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035256328     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.00246     Document Type: Article

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