“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia

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“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia

This article examines how older Korean and Chinese migrants living in Perth, Australia, engage in various beauty, grooming and fitness practices to negotiate “successful ageing” in transnational contexts. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 30 men and women aged between 60 and 89, we examine...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Shu, Zhu, Elfving-Hwang, Joanna
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2024
Online Access:	Academy of Korean Studies http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94326

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