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Cosmetic Cultures: Beauty, globalisation, politics, practices
Themes will include:
National beauty cultures and histories and the intersection between local and globalised ideals;
Beauty practice ranging from ‘spectacular’ makeover cosmetic surgery to mundane beauty technologies such as diet and exercise, skin tanning/ lightening, hairstyling, hair removal and tattooing/piercing;
Intersections of ‘race’, class, gender and beauty cultures and practices; men, masculinities and beauty;
LGBI and Trans beauties;
surgical tourism;
TV makeover shows;
Work in the ‘beauty industry’, including medical practices and cultures, beauty salons and cosmetics marketing and manufacture as well as (fashion and glamour) modelling.
By encouraging participants to explore beauty cultures, practices and politics in their broadest sense we hope to advance current debates and develop an international network of researchers.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Professor Carolyn Cooper – University of the West Indies
Professor Kathy Davis – University of Utrecht
Dr Debra Gimlin – University of Aberdeen
Dr Meredith Jones – University of Technology, Sydney
Professor Toby Miller – University of California, Riverside
Professor Elspeth Probyn – University of Sydney
Location Details
University of Leeds
Cosmetic Cultures
24 June 2009
24 - 26 June 2009
Conference
University of Leeds