Beauty work: consumption, gender and hope in Yaounde, Cameroon

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...

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Autor principal:	Majczak, E
Altres autors:	Zeitlyn, D
Format:	Thesis
Idioma:	English
Publicat:	2021
Matèries:	African studies Anthropology

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