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. Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, the author explains how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to transform beauty into a basic health right. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarrín, Alvaro, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Temas:
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > Brazil.
Biopolitics > Brazil.
Public health > Social aspects > Brazil.
Plastic surgeons > Social aspects > Brazil.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > Brazil.
Surgery, Plastic.
Surgery, Plastic
Plastic Surgery Procedures.
Chirurgie plastique > Aspect social > Brésil.
Biopolitique > Brésil.
Sociologie de la santé > Brésil.
Chirurgiens plasticiens > Aspect social > Brésil.
Chirurgie plastique.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects.
Biopolitics.
Public health > Social aspects.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects.
Brazil
Brazil.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The eugenesis of beauty
  • Plastic governmentality
  • The circulation of beauty
  • Hope, affect, mobility
  • The raciology of beauty
  • Cosmetic citizens.

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