Author: Debra Gimlin

Format: Hardback | 197 pages
Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 20.32mm | 390g
Publication date: 27 Nov 2012
 

内容简介:

This book examines British and American women's narratives of cosmetic surgery, exploring what those narratives say about the contemporary status of cosmetic surgery and 'local' ideas about its legitimate and illegitimate uses.
 

Table of Content

1. Introduction
2. Cosmetic Surgery in Two Healthcare Contexts
3. Accounts of Embodiment and Their Cultural Repertoires
4. Evaluating Cosmetic Surgery in Britain and the US
5. The Symbolic Boundaries of Surgical ‘Otherness’
6. US Repertoires in a Changing Surgical Landscape
7. Conclusions

 

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