{"product_id":"cosmetics-fashion-and-the-exploitation-of-women_by-evelyn-reed-joseph-hansen-mary-alice-waters","title":"Cosmetics, Fashion, and the Exploitation of Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew, expanded edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a 2024 preface and new opening chapter, “Norms of beauty and fashion are inseparable from the class struggle,” both by Mary-Alice Waters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow do capitalism’s cosmetics and fashion “industries” play on the emotional, sexual, and economic insecurities of women and adolescents to generate profits?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhy are the ever-changing dominant standards of “beauty” always those of the ruling class?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow did women become “the second sex,” and how can this product of class-divided society be ended?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow has the entire structure of oppression been weakened by the accelerated integration of women into the workforce worldwide?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the early 1950s, a lively debate on these issues was sparked by an article in the US socialist newsweekly the \u003ci\u003eMilitant \u003c\/i\u003eexposing the ruthless profit drive of the giant cosmetics monopolies. Today this exchange, \u003ci\u003eCosmetics, Fashion, and the Exploitation of Women, \u003c\/i\u003eis recognized as a classic of Marxism, providing an introduction to the origins of the oppression of women—and the road toward our emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“An extraordinary contribution to the role of the cosmetic industry with the cultural, political, social, and economic restrictions imposed upon women -- and what can be done about it. Eloquent, original, and unreservedly recommended…”\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Midwest Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Discussions within the Socialist Workers Party, and an exchange of letters...taking up the issue from a materialist viewpoint.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Book\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This debate is as lively and relevant in the 1980s as it was in 1954.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pathfinder Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44827042087146,"sku":"9781604881905","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0481\/2678\/7744\/files\/cosmetics-fashion-and-the-exploitation-of-women_by-mary-alice-waters-joseph-hansen-evelyn-reed-_FC.png?v=1744208567","url":"https:\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/products\/cosmetics-fashion-and-the-exploitation-of-women_by-evelyn-reed-joseph-hansen-mary-alice-waters","provider":"Pathfinder Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}