Laura Miller (2) (1953–)
Autor de Bad Girls of Japan
Para otros autores llamados Laura Miller, ver la página de desambiguación.
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Nancy Crampton
Obras de Laura Miller
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1953-12-15
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Miembros
- 85
- Popularidad
- #214,931
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 61
- Idiomas
- 4
The beauty industry does so in a way that is not so much about creating an atmosphere of pampering, but rather like progress measurement and control, as if you were in a Toyota plant rather than a beauty parlour. During every treatment the hard selling techniques are combined with measurement of results to prove the value of the treatment.
The author also describes how the industry combines exotic images (be it European or Asian) with Japanese modern technology to legitimise self-indulgence. In the mean time the industry creates and/or reflects changing attitudes towards beauty, with the neck losing out in sexiness against “hypermammary fixation” and slimness.
The last chapter about the evolution of the English language in the beauty industry to evocate ideas very different from the words’ original meaning is interesting in itself.… (más)