Making Up the Difference : : Women, Beauty, and Direct Selling in Ecuador /

Making Up the Difference : : Women, Beauty, and Direct Selling in Ecuador / / Erynn Masi de Casanova.

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Globalization and economic restructuring have decimated formal jobs in developing countries, pushing many women into informal employment such as direct selling of cosmetics, perfume, and other personal care products as a way to "make up the difference" between household income and expenses...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Casanova, Erynn Masi de,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2011
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (261 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Avon Ladies in the Amazon?
  • PART I. Gender Relations: Women, Men, and Work
  • Chapter 1. Multiplying Themselves: Women Direct Sellers Managing Productive and Reproductive Work
  • Chapter 2. Men Make a Difference: Opposers, Supporters, and Drivers
  • PART II. The Look: Images of Beauty, Professionalism, and Success
  • Chapter 3. How Products Sell Themselves: Picturing Gender, Race, and Class in Yanbal’s Catalogs
  • Chapter 4. Embodying Professionalism: Constructing the Yanbalista Image
  • Chapter 5. The Picture of Success: Prizes and Status in the Direct Sales Organization
  • PART III. Direct Selling in Context: Careers and Consumption
  • Chapter 6. What Would They Be Doing If They Weren’t Selling Beauty Products?: Women’s Work Experiences in Context
  • Chapter 7. Buying Beauty: Flexible Payment and Expanding Consumption
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: A Few Words About Research Methods
  • References
  • Index

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