"Anybody who has researched in or simply been to hair and beauty salons knows that care is an unmissable aspect. And yet, care in hair and beauty work lacks adequate acknowledgement and theorization. In this book, Hannah McCann shows how beauty work is a profession unlike any other when it comes to the kind of care that must be provided -- care for emotions via talk, care for bodies via touch, and care for identities via aesthetic management. At the same time, Hannah''s study does not romanticize salon workers but gives the reader a glimpse into the conditions under which they must provide this care. She carefully reviews the prejudices feminists have against all things beauty to show the sociological insights that can be gained by treating salons as places worthy of academic investigation. Her use of queer theory brings in a new lens to look at what hair and beauty salons can mean to their users. This book is a timely and insightful piece of scholarship." -- Nandita Dutta, University of Osnabruck "Challenging both conventional wisdom and academic consensus, Hannah McCann reveals the beauty salon to be neither a site of superficial femininity or patriarchal control, but a vital space of reciprocity, belonging, and care.

In doing so, she offers a fresh perspective on feminist debates around the politics of beauty - charting a path through an impasse that has shaped these discussions for decades." -- Jamie Hakim, King''s College London "Challenging the idea that beauty is solely a superficial, sexist concern, Hannah McCann demonstrates the complex ways that appearance and aesthetics are interwoven with connection, care and transgression in beauty salons. Through in-depth investigation of salons, workers and clients in Australia, this book encourages readers to look and think "beyond skin deep" through queer and reparative approaches. While taking seriously feminist critiques of the commercialization of beauty culture and the often exploitative conditions of beauty work, McCann also emphasizes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work "Challenging both conventional wisdom and academic consensus, Hannah McCann reveals the beauty salon to be neither a site of superficial femininity or patriarchal control, but a vital space of reciprocity, belonging, and care. In doing so, she offers a fresh perspective on feminist debates around the politics of beauty - charting a path through an impasse that has shaped these discussions for decades." -- Jamie Hakim, King''s College London "Challenging the idea that beauty is solely a superficial, sexist concern, Hannah McCann demonstrates the complex ways that appearance and aesthetics are interwoven with connection, care and transgression in beauty salons. Through in-depth investigation of salons, workers and clients in Australia, this book encourages readers to look and think "beyond skin deep" through queer and reparative approaches.

While taking seriously feminist critiques of the commercialization of beauty culture and the often exploitative conditions of beauty work, McCann also emphasizes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work izes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work "Challenging both conventional wisdom and academic consensus, Hannah McCann reveals the beauty salon to be neither a site of superficial femininity or patriarchal control, but a vital space of reciprocity, belonging, and care. In doing so, she offers a fresh perspective on feminist debates around the politics of beauty - charting a path through an impasse that has shaped these discussions for decades." -- Jamie Hakim, King''s College London "Challenging the idea that beauty is solely a superficial, sexist concern, Hannah McCann demonstrates the complex ways that appearance and aesthetics are interwoven with connection, care and transgression in beauty salons. Through in-depth investigation of salons, workers and clients in Australia, this book encourages readers to look and think "beyond skin deep" through queer and reparative approaches. While taking seriously feminist critiques of the commercialization of beauty culture and the often exploitative conditions of beauty work, McCann also emphasizes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work "Challenging both conventional wisdom and academic consensus, Hannah McCann reveals the beauty salon to be neither a site of superficial femininity or patriarchal control, but a vital space of reciprocity, belonging, and care.

In doing so, she offers a fresh perspective on feminist debates around the politics of beauty - charting a path through an impasse that has shaped these discussions for decades." -- Jamie Hakim, King''s College London "Challenging the idea that beauty is solely a superficial, sexist concern, Hannah McCann demonstrates the complex ways that appearance and aesthetics are interwoven with connection, care and transgression in beauty salons. Through in-depth investigation of salons, workers and clients in Australia, this book encourages readers to look and think "beyond skin deep" through queer and reparative approaches. While taking seriously feminist critiques of the commercialization of beauty culture and the often exploitative conditions of beauty work, McCann also emphasizes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work izes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work izes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work "Challenging both conventional wisdom and academic consensus, Hannah McCann reveals the beauty salon to be neither a site of superficial femininity or patriarchal control, but a vital space of reciprocity, belonging, and care. In doing so, she offers a fresh perspective on feminist debates around the politics of beauty - charting a path through an impasse that has shaped these discussions for decades.

" -- Jamie Hakim, King''s College London "Challenging the idea that beauty is solely a superficial, sexist concern, Hannah McCann demonstrates the complex ways that appearance and aesthetics are interwoven with connection, care and transgression in beauty salons. Through in-depth investigation of salons, workers and clients in Australia, this book encourages readers to look and think "beyond skin deep" through queer and reparative approaches. While taking seriously feminist critiques of the commercialization of beauty culture and the often exploitative conditions of beauty work, McCann also emphasizes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work izes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work es readers to look and think "beyond skin deep" through queer and reparative approaches. While taking seriously feminist critiques of the commercialization of beauty culture and the often exploitative conditions of beauty work, McCann also emphasizes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work izes the possibilities of rewriting cisgender norms by appreciating the many different forms of beauty and the labor of those who create it." -- Miliann Kang, author of The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work.