{"id":8442714947818,"title":"Cosmetics, Fashion, and the Exploitation of Women","handle":"cosmetics-fashion-and-the-exploitation-of-women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew, expanded edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a 2024 preface and new opening chapter, “Norms of beauty and fashion are inseparable from the class struggle,” both by Mary-Alice Waters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow do capitalism’s cosmetics and fashion “industries” play on the emotional, sexual, and economic insecurities of women and adolescents to generate profits?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhy are the ever-changing dominant standards of “beauty” always those of the ruling class?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow did women become “the second sex,” and how can this product of class-divided society be ended?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow has the entire structure of oppression been weakened by the accelerated integration of women into the workforce worldwide?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the early 1950s, a lively debate on these issues was sparked by an article in the US socialist newsweekly the \u003ci\u003eMilitant \u003c\/i\u003eexposing the ruthless profit drive of the giant cosmetics monopolies. 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Cosmetics, Fashion, and the Exploitation of Women
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ISBN: 9781604881905
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