The ways women age : using and refusing cosmetic intervention / Abigail T. Brooks.
By: Brooks, Abigail T [author.].
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©2017Description: xiv, 279 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780814724101 (cl : alk. paper).Subject(s): Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) | Older women | Aging -- Psychological aspects | Body image in women | Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HQ1219 .B76 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000013087 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: older women in cosmetic culture -- "I wanted to look like me again": aging, identity, and cosmetic intervention -- "I am what I am!": The freedom of growing older 'naturally' -- "Age changes you, but not like surgery": refusing cosmetic intervention -- "Can we just stop the clock here?" Promise and peril in the anti-aging explosion -- "Why should I be the ugly one?": choosing intervention -- "It's not in my world': living as a natural ager -- Conclusion: taking the body back -- Epilogue.