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Body work : beauty and self-image in American culture
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Gimlin, Debra L. 1967-
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HQ 1220 U5 G56 2002
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
ISBN:
0520210514 (cloth : alk. paper)
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x, 171 p. ; 22 cm.
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For appearance' sake : the historical encyclopedia of good looks, beauty, and grooming
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Sherrow, Victoria.
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GT 499 S49 2001
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Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 2001.
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1573562041 : HRD
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The mirror : a history
Book
Melchior-Bonnet, Sabine.
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QC 385 M4513 2002
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New York : Routledge, 2000.
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9780415924474
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Becoming Women : The Embodied Self in Image Culture
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Rice, Carla
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Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
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9781442685406
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Becoming women : the embodied self in image culture
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Rice, Carla
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Toronto, Onatario : University of Toronto Press, [2014]
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The power of style : how fashion and beauty are being used to reclaim cultures
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Allaire, Christian 1992-
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Toronto [Ontario] : Annick Press, [2021]
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9781773214931
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Hair story : untangling the roots of Black hair in America
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Byrd, Ayana D.
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0312283229 (pbk.)
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Unshaved : resistance and revolution in women's body hair politics
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Fahs, Breanne
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Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]
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0295750294
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The business of beauty : gender and the body in modern London
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Clark, Jessica P.
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London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.
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1350098523
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Beauty regimes : a history of power and modern empire in the Philippines, 1898-1941
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Clutario, Genevieve Alva 1981-
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