The Biopolitics of Beauty : Cosmetic Citizenship and Affective Capital in Brazil /

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"The Biopolitics of Beauty examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil. Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, the author explains how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to transform beauty into a basic health right. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jarrín, Alvaro, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects.
Public health > Social aspects.
Biopolitics.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects.
Surgery, Plastic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Chirurgie plastique.
Chirurgiens plasticiens > Aspect social > Bresil.
Sociologie de la sante > Bresil.
Biopolitique > Bresil.
Chirurgie plastique > Aspect social > Bresil.
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
Surgery, Plastic
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > Brazil.
Plastic surgeons > Social aspects > Brazil.
Public health > Social aspects > Brazil.
Biopolitics > Brazil.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > Brazil.
Brazil.
Brazil
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The eugenesis of beauty
  • Plastic governmentality
  • The circulation of beauty
  • Hope, affect, mobility
  • The raciology of beauty
  • Cosmetic citizens.

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