| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Visible pathology and cosmetic wellness -- Normal extremes: cosmetic surgery television -- Miss World, Ms. Ugly : feminist debates -- The medicalization of surgery addiction -- The surgery junkie as legal subject -- The self and the limits of interiority. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Despite the increasing prevalence of cosmetic surgery, there are still those who identify individuals who opt for bodily modifications as dupes of beauty culture, as being in conflict with feminist ideals, or as having some form of psychological weakness. In this ground-breaking book, Victoria Pitts-Taylor examines why we consider some cosmetic surgeries to be acceptable or even beneficial and others to be unacceptable and possibly harmful. Drawing on years of research, in-depth interviews with surgeons and psychiatrists, analysis of newspaper articles, legal documents, and television shows, a. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Surgery, Plastic -- Psychological aspects.
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Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects.
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Cosmetic Techniques -- psychology.
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Behavior, Addictive.
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Plastic Surgery Procedures -- psychology.
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Plastic & Cosmetic.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Surgery, Plastic -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01139424
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Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01139427
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Kosmetische Chirurgie.
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Soziologie.
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Wertorientierung.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pitts-Taylor, Victoria. Surgery junkies. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2007 9780813540474 081354047X (DLC) 2006025456 (OCoLC)70866965 |
| ISBN |
9780813541624 (electronic bk.) |
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081354162X (electronic bk.) |
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