Venus envy : a history of cosmetic surgery / Elizabeth Haiken.
Venus envy : a history of cosmetic surgery / Elizabeth Haiken.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N617.95/21
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English
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ix, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Present at the Re-Creation -- 1. Plastic Surgery Before and After -- 2. The Specialty Takes Shape -- 3. Consumer Culture and the Inferiority Complex -- 4. The Lifting of the Middle Class: Aging in Post-World War II America -- 5. The Michael Jackson Factor: Race, Ethnicity, and Cosmetic...
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Many Americans now view cosmetic surgery as the most practical solution for an ever-increasing number of perceived problems - from low self-esteem to stalled careers - and plastic surgery has become one of the largest and fastest growing medical specialties in the world. But Haiken questions whether these "solutions" are not in some sense chimeras:...
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Venus envy : a history of cosmetic surgery / Elizabeth Haiken.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-352) and index.
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N617.95/21
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74VMjwJNOd0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjwJNOd0y
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080186254X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801857638 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801857635 (cloth : alk. paper)
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617.95
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991000975199702626
