Cosmetic surgery narratives : a cross-cultural analysis of women's accounts / Debra Gimlin.
By: Gimlin, Debra L.
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012Description: 197 p: 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780230579385; 0230579388.Subject(s): Reconstructive Surgical Procedures -- Great Britain | Reconstructive Surgical Procedures -- United States | Surgery, Plastic -- Great Britain | Surgery, Plastic -- United States | Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Great Britain | Cross-Cultural Comparison -- United States | Personal Narratives as Topic -- Great Britain | Personal Narratives as Topic -- United States | Women -- Great Britain | Women -- United States | Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects -- United States | Beauty culture -- Great Britain | Beauty culture -- United States | Women -- Great Britain -- Interviews | Women -- United States -- InterviewsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HQ1220.G7 G560 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000017121 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-188) and index.
Cosmetic surgery in two healthcare contexts -- Accounts of embodiment and their cultural repertoires -- Evaluating cosmetic surgery in Britain and the US -- The symbolic boundaries of surgical otherness -- US repertoires in a changing surgical landscape.
This title examines British and American women's narratives of cosmetic surgery, exploring what those narratives say about the contemporary status of cosmetic surgery and 'local' ideas about its legitimate and illegitimate uses.