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Cosmetics, Fashions and the Exploitation of Women by Joseph Hansen and Evelyn Reed (Pathfinder Press, 1986) £3.95.
Radical analysis of the relation of the marketing of cosmetics and fashions to the exploitation of women.

Hope in a Jar: The Making of American Beauty Culture by Kathy Peiss (Owl Paperbacks, 1999) $15.95.
A history of American beauty and a window into more than 100 years of American women's history.

Read My Lips: A Cultural History of Lipstick by Meg Cohen Ragas and Karen Kozlowski (Chronicle Books, 1998) $10.47.
An account of lipstick's many traces.

The Science of Cosmetics by John V Simmons, (Macmillan, 1995) £9.95.
Comprehensive guide to cosmetic science, revised and updated to embrace recent developments and legislation in the cosmetic and toiletries industry.

Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media by Susan J Douglas (Penguin, 1994) £9.99.
An entertaining but serious book about women and popular culture, with some interesting examples of the role of cosmetics.


CREDITS

Writer: Malcolm Burgess
Editor: Dee Searle
Assistant editor: Sarah Woodley
Design: édition

Produced to accompany Can You Live Without?, a Fulcrum production for Channel 4, first shown May-June 2000.

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