DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Cosmetic Surgery Narratives

A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Women's Accounts

Debra Gimlin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '12

Currently unavailable, our supplier has not provided us a restock date

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Cosmetic Surgery Narratives cover

Springer Book Archives

This book 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.This book 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.

"Cosmetic Surgery Narratives is an excellent addition to a body of work that moves beyond the structure versus agency debates that have previously dominated feminist discussions of cosmetic surgery, drawing attention to an area that warrants further interest and research." - Feminist Review

ISBN: 9781349368044

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

197 pages

1st ed. 2012