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

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

Description

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.

Keywords

Social ScienceSociologyGender StudiesRegional StudiesMedicalSurgeryCosmetic & ReconstructiveTechnology & EngineeringScienceLife SciencesAnthropologyCultural & SocialEngineering (General)

2010Book

Author(s)Rhian Parker

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780230574007

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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