Beauty work: consumption, gender and hope in Yaounde, Cameroon
<p>Against the backdrop of trade and media liberalisation following the end of the Cold War, this dissertation examines visual self-fashioning among young Bamileke women struggling to attain social adulthood in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It asks why young women living in precarious conditions invest i...
Main Author: | Majczak, E |
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Other Authors: | Zeitlyn, D |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2021
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