Working in a Neon Cage: Bodily Labor of Cosmetics Saleswomen in Taiwan

Lan discusses the working lives of cosmetics saleswomen in Taipei, Taiwan. She describes the Taiwanese saleswomen's labor process of selling cosmetics and promoting Western beauty culture. Her studies include the concept of bodily labor to describe the expanding service occupations associated w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Feminist studies 2003-03, Vol.29 (1), p.21-45
1. Verfasser:	Lan, Pei-Chia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attractiveness Beauty Body image Business Case studies Commercial workers Commodification Company marketing practices Consumer goods industries Consumer society Consumption Cosmetics Cosmetics industry Cultural relations Customers Department stores Discourse Femininity Feminism Feminist studies Gender Gender studies Human Body Industrial Development Labor Labor Productivity Labour process Marketing Men Occupations Politics Role ambiguity Sales Sales Workers Salespeople Sex and Bodies Taiwan Women Women's work Womens studies Working Women
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Zusammenfassung:	Lan discusses the working lives of cosmetics saleswomen in Taipei, Taiwan. She describes the Taiwanese saleswomen's labor process of selling cosmetics and promoting Western beauty culture. Her studies include the concept of bodily labor to describe the expanding service occupations associated with the beauty industry in contemporary consumer societies, relation of gender with the performance of bodily labor, and the dynamics of labor control and gender politics.
ISSN:	0046-3663 2153-3873