Cosmetics, Fashions, And The Exploitation Of Women by Joseph Hansen
A polemical critique arguing that cosmetics and fashion operate as social and economic mechanisms that commodify women’s bodies and tastes, manufacture insecurities through advertising, and reinforce patriarchal and class hierarchies; it links the industries’ promotion of ever-changing beauty standards to the exploitation of women both as low‑paid producers in garment and beauty supply chains and as consumers whose wages are funneled back into maintaining the system, and urges awareness and collective resistance to these interlocking pressures.
- Published
- Unknown
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
-
(2.0)
- Alternate Titles
- None
This book is not currently on any lists.