Making the Body Beautiful: A Cultural History of Aesthetic Surgery

by SLGilman (Author)

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Paperback
2000
$46.24

Presents a world history and cultural theory of aesthetic surgery. This book discusses how people have reshaped their noses to repair the ravages of war and disease, to match prevailing ideas of beauty, and to avoid association with negative images of the Jew, the Irish, the Oriental, or the Black.

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Presents a world history and cultural theory of aesthetic surgery. This book discusses how people have reshaped their noses to repair the ravages of war and disease, to match prevailing ideas of beauty, and to avoid association with negative images of the "Jew," the "Irish," the "Oriental," or the "Black."

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 24 Nov 2000
ISBN 10: 0691070539
ISBN 13: 9780691070537