Género, trabajo y desigualdades sociales en peluquerías y salones de belleza de Bogotá1/Gender, Work, and Identity: Beauty Salons in Bogotá./Gênero, trabalho e identidade. Salões de beleza em Bogotá

This article examines hair salons, beauty parlors and barbershops in Bogotá from three perspectives; first, as a space that offers a variety of services and aesthetic possibilities in a context of high informality and of class, race, and gender inequality; secondly, as work marked by sexual and soci...

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Published in:CS (Universidad Icesi. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales) 2012-07 (10), p.95
Main Authors: Gaviria, Luz Gabriela Arango, Duque, Javier Armando Pineda
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Summary:This article examines hair salons, beauty parlors and barbershops in Bogotá from three perspectives; first, as a space that offers a variety of services and aesthetic possibilities in a context of high informality and of class, race, and gender inequality; secondly, as work marked by sexual and social divisions, in terms of both jobs and attention to the clientele, centered around "emotional work"; and thirdly, as a field of both cultural expression and conflict with ethnic, racial and sexual aspects. Based on fieldwork and on a focus on intersectionality, the article explores these social differences as manifested in these jobs within the processes of subsistence and professionalization. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:2011-0324