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Under the knife : cosmetic surgery, boundary work, and the pursuit of the natural fake / Samantha Kwan and Jennifer Graves.

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"This book uses interviews with women undergoing elective cosmetic surgery to explore the way they make sense of their body project in light of dominant cultural discourses, including women's agency over their bodies and the undesirability of unnatural aesthetics"--

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Main Authors: Kwan, Samantha (Author), Graves, Jennifer, 1983- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Body image in women > United States.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > United States.
Surgery, Elective > Social aspects > United States.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > United States.
Human body > Social aspects > United States.
Self-perception in women > United States.
Body image in women.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Human body > Social aspects.
Self-perception in women.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects.
United States.

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