‘Ordinary people come through here’: Locating the beauty salon in women’s lives

Feminist Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-17

  Black, Paula ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Beauty therapy; Grooming; Health; Pampering; Self surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036053778     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400024     Document Type: Article

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