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Women, Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery Negotiating the ‘Normal’ Body

This book explores an innovative study of women who undergo cosmetic study and the doctors who carry it out. It situates cosmetic surgery as a personal choice made by women against the social and cultural reality of the way women's bodies are scrutinised in Western countries

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Rhian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2009, 2009
Subjects:
Health
Regional And Cultural Studies
Human Body / Social Aspects
Plastic Surgery
Popular Works
Sex (psychology)
Popular Science, General
Popular Science In Medicine And Health
Social Sciences
Culture / Study And Teaching
Sociology
Gender Studies
Gender Expression
Sociology Of The Body
Medicine
Gender Identity
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This book explores an innovative study of women who undergo cosmetic study and the doctors who carry it out. It situates cosmetic surgery as a personal choice made by women against the social and cultural reality of the way women's bodies are scrutinised in Western countries
Physical Description:VIII, 238 p online resource
ISBN:9780230246645

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