Women, doctors and cosmetic surgery : negotiating the 'normal' body /
This title describes the cosmetic surgery experiences of women and doctors. It critiques past theorising in this area and attempts to move the debate beyond the duality of women as victims and women as agents towards a clearer understanding of the complex interactions that occur within cosmetic surg...
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Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Cosmetic surgery and the 'normalisation' of the body : a short history
- 3. The female body and body image : a historical perspective
- 4. Social and feminist theories and the body
- 5. Into battle for the cosmetic surgery market
- 6. The 'why' of cosmetic surgery : patient and doctor motivations
- 7. Communication and cosmetic surgery
- 8. A risky business? Understanding risk in cosmetic surgery
- 9. Overview
- 10. Looking forward ... looking back.