Reshaping the Female Body : The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery
New York: Routledge, 1995.
Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #10374
ISBN: 0415906318
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, NOTES and UNDERLINING, front hinge creaks, label residue, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "This book about women's experiences with cosmetic surgery is based on interviews with surgery recipients, physicians, plastic surgeons, and medical inspectors, and on field work in medical settings." Contents: Introduction: Cosmetic Surgery as Feminist Dilemma; 1. The Rise of the Surgical Fix; 2. Beauty and the Female Body; 3. Public Face / Private Suffering; 4. From Objectified Body to Embodied Subject; 5. Decisions and Deliberations; 6. Choice and Informed Consent Revisited; 7. Facing the Dilemma; Notes; Bibliography; Index. ; Ex-Library; viii, 211 pages.
Price: $29.95