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Cosmetic surgery narratives : a cross-cultural analysis of women's accounts / Debra Gimlin.

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This book examines British and American women's narratives of cosmetic surgery collected between 1995 and 2007, with particular attention to what those narratives say about the contemporary status of cosmetic surgery and 'local' ideas about its legitimate and illegitimate uses. The bo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gimlin, Debra L., 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > United States.
Beauty culture > Great Britain.
Beauty culture > United States.
Women > Great Britain > Interviews.
Women > United States > Interviews.
Beauty culture.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects.
Women.
Great Britain.
United States.
Interviews.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Cosmetic Surgery in Two Healthcare Contexts
  • Accounts of Embodiment and their Cultural Repertoires
  • Evaluating Cosmetic Surgery in Britain and the US
  • The Symbolic Boundaries of Surgical 'Otherness'
  • US Repertoires in a Changing Surgical Landscape.

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