Description
Book SynopsisThis first in-depth study of a cosmetics direct selling organization in Latin America considers how women’s experiences in the informal employment sector can illuminate our understandings of work and gender in Ecuador and other developing countries.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Avon Ladies in the Amazon?
- Part I. Gender Relations: Women, Men, and Work
- Chapter 1. Multiplying Themselves: Women Direct Sellers Managing Productive and Reproductive Work
- Chapter 2. Men Make a Difference: Opposers, Supporters, and Drivers
- Part II. The Look: Images of Beauty, Professionalism, and Success
- Chapter 3. How Products Sell Themselves: Picturing Gender, Race, and Class in Yanbal's Catalogs
- Chapter 4. Embodying Professionalism: Constructing the Yanbalista Image
- Chapter 5. The Picture of Success: Prizes and Status in the Direct Sales Organization
- Part III. Direct Selling in Context: Careers and Consumption
- Chapter 6. What Would They Be Doing If They Weren't Selling Beauty Products? Women's Work Experiences in Context
- Chapter 7. Buying Beauty: Flexible Payment and Expanding Consumption
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Methodology
- References
- Index
