Experiments in Skin : Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam /

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"Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' skin has impacted how contemporary Vietnamese women use pharmaceutical cosmetics to repai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tu, Thuy Linh N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Skin > Diseases.
Medicine, Preventive.
Medical care.
Chemical warfare > Health aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Medicine, Preventive > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Medical care.
Skin > Diseases > Vietnam.
Chemical warfare > Health aspects > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Chemical warfare > Health aspects.
Vietnam.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Skin Stories: Making Beauty in the Culture of Renovation
  • The Beautiful Life of Agent Orange
  • An Armor of Skin: Pacific Threats and the Dreams of Infinite Security
  • A Laboratory of Skin: Making Race in the Mekong Delta
  • Weak Skin, Strong Skin: The Work of Making Livable.

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