Lipstick in the Time of Corona: A Sociological Musing
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Article
Date
2022-03
Journal Title
Social Trends
Journal Editor
Roy, Sanjay K.
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University of North Bengal
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Ghoshal, R. (2022). Lipstick in the Time of Corona: A Sociological Musing. Social Trends, 9, 23–37. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4644
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Ghoshal, Rikhia
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Abstract
This article is a musing of a sociologist regarding the
importance of lipstick as an item of makeup at a time when its primary
area of usage, the face, has been covered due to demands of health and
safety as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. By looking at the sale of
lipsticks on online platforms and the ideas regarding its importance
and usage as explicated by online beauty personalities, this article tries
to understand the importance of lipstick as a tool of women’s
emancipation and beautification as well as a symbol of consumerism in
the current times when it cannot be flaunted due to the face masks.
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Lipstick, coronavirus, makeup, women’s empowerment, lipstick feminism, lipstick effect
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9
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2348-6538
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23 - 37