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From 'the thing to do' to 'defying the ravages of age'
— older women reflect on the use of lipstick | | Author(s) | Laura Hurd Clarke, Andrea Bundon |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 21, no 3, 2009 |
| Pages | pp 198-212 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Attitude ; Physical characteristics [elderly] ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Using data from in-depth interviews with 36 women, aged 71 to 93, this paper examines older women's use of lipstick. The most ubiquitously used cosmetic by the women interviewed, lipstick was a taken-for-granted practice in the women's performance of gender. In the women's youth, the performance of gender through lipstick usage was related to rebellion and peer acceptance. In contrast, the use of lipstick in later life was related to the maintenance of an attractive and respectable appearance. The researchers discuss their findings in light of interpretative feminist theorising concerning beauty work, doing gender, and the presentation of self. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100111204 A |
| Classmark | BD: DP: BA: 3DP: 7S |
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