The emancipatory potential of feminine masquerade in Mary Kay cosmetics

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 256-272

  Waggoner, Catherine Egley ^a  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adornment; Emancipation; Feminism; Mary Kay Cosmetics; Masquerade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937268812     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462939709366189     Document Type: Article

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