The Biopolitics of Beauty : Cosmetic Citizenship and Affective Capital in Brazil /

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The Biopolitics of Beauty examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil. Using ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, the author shows how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to transform beauty into a basic health right. The book hist...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarrín, Alvaro (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]
Temas:
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > Brazil.
Biopolitics > Brazil.
Plastic surgeons > Social aspects > Brazil.
Public health > Social aspects > Brazil.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > Brazil.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
anthropologist.
anthropology.
beauty culture.
beauty standards.
beauty.
brazil.
brazilian culture.
brazilian.
central america.
class issues.
ethnographic.
ethnography.
eugenics.
fieldwork.
health and wellness.
healthcare rights.
healthcare system.
hospital.
medical patients.
physical appearance.
plastic surgeons.
plastic surgery.
public health.
race issues.
race.
racism.
social hierarchy.
social studies.
south america.
surgery.
upward mobility.
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