Flesh wounds the culture of cosmetic surgery /

Main Author: Blum, Virginia L., 1956-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10057135
Table of Contents:
  • The patient's body
  • Untouchable bodies
  • The plastic surgeon and the patient: a slow dance
  • Frankenstein gets a facelift
  • As if beauty
  • The monster and the movie star
  • Being and having: celebrity culture and the wages of love
  • Addicted to surgery.