BEAUTY IN A JAR explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of the American beauty culture. How was the American ideal of beauty transformed over time? How does advertising tap into women's fantasies and hidden desires?
Debi Mazar
Self
Helen Gurley Brown
John Epperson
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Kyra Sedgwick
Narrator
Kathy Peiss
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