The Ways Women Age : Using and Refusing Cosmetic Intervention /

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The story of how and why some women choose to use, while others refuse, cosmetic intervention. What is it like to be a woman growing older in a culture where you cannot go to the doctor, open a magazine, watch television, or surf the internet without encountering products and procedures that are des...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brooks, Abigail T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects.
Older women.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Body image in women.
Aging > Psychological aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Chirurgie plastique > Aspect social.
Image du corps chez la femme.
Vieillissement > Aspect psychologique.
Femmes âgees.
Beaute feminine (Esthetique)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: older women in cosmetic culture
  • "I wanted to look like me again": aging, identity, and cosmetic intervention
  • "I am what I am!": The freedom of growing older 'naturally'
  • "Age changes you, but not like surgery": refusing cosmetic intervention
  • "Can we just stop the clock here?" Promise and peril in the anti-aging explosion
  • "Why should I be the ugly one?": choosing intervention
  • "It's not in my world': living as a natural ager
  • Conclusion: taking the body back
  • Epilogue.

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