Facing the Mirror - Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Frida Furman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	230
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-91523-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	0-415-91523-6
Barcode:	9780415915236

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