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Book Title: The Beauty Industry: Gender, Culture, Pleasure
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Beauty Industry : Gender, Culture, Pleasure
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2004
Subject: Beauty & Grooming, Industries / Service, Sociology / General, Gender Studies, Popular Culture, General, Aesthetics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Business & Economics, Health & Fitness, Social Science, Philosophy
Author: Paula Black
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
