Experiments in skin : race and beauty in the shadows of Vietnam /
Experiments in Skin examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, categories assumed to be manifest on our skin but only rendered so through great scientific, commercial and aesthetic efforts. It uncovers the work of wartime scientists in the U.S. Military Der...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham, North Carolina :
Duke University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | Experiments in Skin examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, categories assumed to be manifest on our skin but only rendered so through great scientific, commercial and aesthetic efforts. It uncovers the work of wartime scientists in the U.S. Military Dermatology Research Program, who attempted to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' bodies, while helping to shore up these chemical's widespread use, and ties these efforts to the labors of women in contemporary Vietnam, struggling to remediate war's biochemical effects. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781478010661 1478010665 9781478011774 1478011777 |