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Surgery junkies : wellness and pathology in cosmetic culture

Title
Surgery junkies : wellness and pathology in cosmetic culture / Victoria Pitts-Taylor.
Author
Pitts-Taylor, Victoria.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Description
xi, 203 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Surgery, Plastic > Psychological aspects
  • Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects
  • Cosmetic Techniques > psychology
  • Behavior, Addictive
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures > psychology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.
Contents
1. Visable pathology and cosmetic wellness -- 2. Normal extremes : cosmetic surgery television -- 4. Miss World, Ms. Ugly : feminist debates -- 5. The surgery junkies as legal subject -- 6. The self and the limits of interiority.
ISBN
  • 081354047X (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813540474 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813540488 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780813540481 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006025456
OCLC
  • ocm70866965
  • 70866965
  • SCSB-5337868
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries