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Cosmetic Surgery, Gender and Culture

By Suzanne Fraser

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2003
ISBN
1403912998, 9781403912992, 9780230500228
Open Library ID
OL22540035M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
813 kB (832653 bytes)
Pages
253\253
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Through its representation, cosmetic surgery impacts on us all, not just those who go "under the knife." Women's magazines teem with its promises and horror stories; feminists ardently debate its status as harmful or heroic; surgeons and regulators compete to define which procedures can be offered and how. This book investigates the ways in which cosmetic surgery is shaping gender, and in the process, it questions contemporary cultural studies assumptions about how we read the media.

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