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Making the Body Beautiful

Paperback • 2000 • English

Making the Body Beautiful

By Sander L. Gilman

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About the book

Nose reconstructions have been common in India for centuries. South Korea, Brazil, and Israel have become international centers for procedures ranging from eyelid restructuring to buttock lifts and tummy tucks. Argentina has the highest rate of silicone implants in the world. Around the globe, aesthetic surgery has become a cultural and medical fixture. Sander Gilman seeks to explain why by presenting the first systematic world history and cultural theory of aesthetic surgery. Touching on subjec...Show more

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ISBN

9780691070537

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Making the Body Beautiful

Format

Paperback

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