Ugly Beauty
Helena Rubinstein, L'Oreal, and the Blemished History of Looking Good
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Publisher:
New York : - Harper
Pages:
290
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9780061740404, 0061740403
Language:
English
Contents:
Beauty is power!
The authoritarian
What did you do in the war, Daddy?
Family affairs
A takeover and three scandals
Consumers or consumed?
Coda: Two old ladies.
The authoritarian
What did you do in the war, Daddy?
Family affairs
A takeover and three scandals
Consumers or consumed?
Coda: Two old ladies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index.
Statement of responsibility:
Ruth Brandon
Physical description:
xii, 290 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Add a Comment“Don’t judge a book by its cover” is a cliché usually applied to people’s appearances. Before I opened this book, by British cultural historian Ruth Brandon, I assumed I was going to learn how two cosmetic giants, Helena Rubinstein and L’Oréal, continually pull fast ones on women like me thanks to their cunning copywriters and my preoccupation with my appearance. Instead, I found myself navigating through 80 years of anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism in France." Charlotte Gray Globe & Mail March 4, 2011