Women, Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery : Negotiating the 'Normal' Body /

This book explores an innovative study of women who undergo cosmetic study and the doctors who carry it out. It situates cosmetic surgery as a personal choice made by women against the social and cultural reality of the way women's bodies are scrutinised in Western countries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parker, Rhian (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Gender Studies. Plastic Surgery. Popular Science in Medicine and Health. Popular Science, general. Regional and Cultural Studies. Sociology of the Body. Culture > Study and teaching. Gender expression. Gender identity. Health. Human body > Social aspects. Medicine. Popular works. Sex (Psychology) Social sciences. Sociology. Surgery, Plastic. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	This book explores an innovative study of women who undergo cosmetic study and the doctors who carry it out. It situates cosmetic surgery as a personal choice made by women against the social and cultural reality of the way women's bodies are scrutinised in Western countries.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (VIII, 238 pages)
ISBN:	9780230246645
DOI:	10.1057/9780230246645