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Author Gilman, Sander L.

Title Making the body beautiful : a cultural history of aesthetic surgery / Sander L. Gilman.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1999]
©1999
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  617.95 GILMAN    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-383) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. Judging by Appearances -- Ch. 2. Victory over Disease -- Ch. 3. The Racial Nose -- Ch. 4. Marks of Honor and Dishonor -- Ch. 5. Noses at War -- Ch. 6. Assimilation in the Promised Lands -- Ch. 7. After the Nose -- Ch. 8. The Wrong Body -- Ch. 9. Dreams of Youth and Beauty -- Conclusion: "Passing" as Human.
Subject Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects -- History.
Body image -- Social aspects -- History.
Surgery, Plastic -- history.
Cosmetic Techniques -- history.
Cultural Characteristics.
ISBN 0691026726 cloth alkaline paper
9780691026725 cloth alkaline paper
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