Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture Contributor(s): Furman, Frida Kerner (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415915244 ISBN-13: 9780415915243 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gerontology - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
Dewey: 305.26 |
LCCN: 97-12407 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.01" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 230 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This innovative, ethnographic study of a neighborhood beauty salon investigates how customers constitute a lively, affirming community of peers during their weekly visits. Facing the Mirror gives voice to older women, who, in a sexist and ageist society, are frequently devalued and rendered invisible. These older, mostly Jewish women articulate their experiences of bodily self-presentation, femininity, aging, and caring pertaining to their lives within and outside Julie's International Salon. This book explores the socio-moral significance of these experiences which reveals as much about society as about older women themselves. Women's narratives expose structures of power, inequality, and resistance in the ways women perceive reality, make choices and live in their worlds. |