Pretty Modern: Beauty, Sex, and Plastic Surgery in Brazil

Pretty Modern: Beauty, Sex, and Plastic Surgery in Brazil

by Alexander Edmonds (Author)

Synopsis

This ethnographic account of Brazil s emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 25 Feb 2011

ISBN 10: 0822348012
ISBN 13: 9780822348016