1 option
Three faces of beauty : Casablanca, Paris, Cairo / Susan Ossman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ossman, Susan.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beauty, Personal--Cross-cultural studies.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Fashion--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
- Fashion.
- Beauty shops--Cross-cultural studies.
- Beauty shops.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A transnational study of female beauty based in an ethnographic study of beauty salons in Cairo, Casablanca, and Paris.
- Contents:
- 1. Anywhere Bodies and Faraway Eyes
- 2. Background Bodies
- 3. Society, Salons, and Significance
- 4. Styling Distinctions
- 5. Forms and Passages
- 6. Beauty's Edge.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612920189
- 9781282920187
- 1282920189
- 9780822383635
- 0822383632
- OCLC:
- 850217546
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.