The perfect vagina : cosmetic surgery in the twenty-first century /

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The Perfect Vagina highlights the complexities involved with Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, its role in Western beauty culture, and the creation and control of body image in countries where self-care is valorized and medicine is increasingly harnessed for enhancement as well as health.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McDougall, Lindy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Gynoplasty.
Gynoplasty > Social aspects.
Female genital mutilation.
Body image in women.
Beauty culture.
Image du corps chez la femme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Female circumcision.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Vulnerable vulvas
  • Melting snowflakes : toward a clean slit
  • Normativity and the contradictory nature of normal
  • Seeking vulval perfection
  • Vulva Las Vegas : science, magic (a gamble), or more of the same?
  • Autonomy, risk, desire, and magic.

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