Making the body beautiful a cultural history of aesthetic surgery /

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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, aesth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilman, Sander L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1999.
Temas:
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > History.
Body image > Social aspects > History.
Manners and customs.
Surgery, Plastic > history
Cosmetic Techniques > history
Cultural Characteristics
Chirurgie plastique > Aspect social > Histoire.
Image du corps > Aspect social > Histoire.
Mœurs et coutumes.
Body image > Social aspects.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of lllustrations
  • Preface
  • Chapter One: Judging by Appearances
  • What Is Aesthetic Surgery?
  • Why Is It Aesthetic Surgery?
  • Remaking the Seif
  • Passing
  • Criminal Bodies
  • Gender Questions
  • Before and After
  • Chapter Two: Victory over Disease
  • Amy and the Princess
  • The Syphilitic Nose
  • The Strange Case of Tristram Shandy
  • Renaissance Noses
  • A Curefrom the Colonies
  • Chapter Three: The Racial Nose
  • Enlightenment Noses
  • The Jewish Nose
  • Irish Noses
  • Oriental Noses-and Eyes
  • Black into White
  • Chapter Four: Marks of Honor and Dishonor
  • Character Inscribed on the Face
  • Too-Jewish Ears and Noses
  • The Telltale Foreskin
  • Greek Ideals
  • Chapter Five: Noses at War
  • Fixing Shattered Faces
  • Patriotic Noses and Weimar Surgery
  • Nazi Noses
  • Chapter Six: Assimilation in the Promised Lands
  • Helping Jews Become Americans
  • The Israeli Experience
  • The Importance of Being Barbra
  • Chapter Seven: After the Nose
  • Erotic Bodies
  • Buttocks Have Meaning
  • Big Breasts and Bellies
  • Small Breasts = No Breasts?
  • Chapter Eight: The Wrong Body
  • Men with Breasts
  • Transsexual Surgery
  • The First Cut Is the Deepest
  • Chapter Nine: Dreams of Youth and Beauty
  • Beauty and Age
  • Post-Aesthetic Bodies
  • Conclusion: ""Passing"" as Human
  • Notes
  • Index

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