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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tu, Thuy Linh N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Chemical warfare > Health aspects.
Chemical warfare > Health aspects > Vietnam.
Skin > Diseases > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Medical care.
Medicine, Preventive > Vietnam.
Peau > Maladies > Viêt-nam.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Soins médicaux.
Médecine préventive > Viêt-nam.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Chemical warfare > Health aspects
Medical care
Medicine, Preventive
Skin > Diseases
Vietnam
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mysteries of the Visible
  • 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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