The beauty trade: youth, gender, and fashion globalization

Introduction: the beauty trade

Seeing the global economy of beauty through gender lenses

Here comes the Quinceañera: isn't she beautiful?

Princess dresses, sexy dances, and eye shadow: the construction of a global political economy of beauty through a makeover

Beauty and the Quince: a reproductive economy view

Beauty has a price: the global productive economy of beauty

Different brands of beauty: subcultures and the global virtual economy

Conclusion: youth, gender and fashion globalization.