{"product_id":"making-up-the-difference-9780292743915","title":"Making Up the Difference","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Avon Ladies in the Amazon?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Gender Relations: Women, Men, and Work \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Multiplying Themselves: Women Direct Sellers Managing Productive and Reproductive Work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Men Make a Difference: Opposers, Supporters, and Drivers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. The Look: Images of Beauty, Professionalism, and Success \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. How Products Sell Themselves: Picturing Gender, Race, and Class in Yanbal's Catalogs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Embodying Professionalism: Constructing the Yanbalista Image\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Picture of Success: Prizes and Status in the Direct Sales Organization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Direct Selling in Context: Careers and Consumption \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. What Would They Be Doing If They Weren't Selling Beauty Products? Women's Work Experiences in Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Buying Beauty: Flexible Payment and Expanding Consumption\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: Methodology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400870601047,"sku":"9780292743915","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292743915.jpg?v=1730471797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-up-the-difference-9780292743915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}