Making the Body Beautiful: A Cultural History of Aesthetic Surgery

Making the Body Beautiful: A Cultural History of Aesthetic Surgery Gilman Sander L. Wydawca: Princeton University Press Data wydania: 2000 ISBN: 9780691070537 Liczba stron: 424 Format: 235 x 155 x 25 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Presents a world history and cultural theory of aesthetic surgery. This book discusses how people have reshaped their noses to repair the ravages of war and disease, to match prevailing ideas of beauty, and to avoid association with negative images of the Jew, the Irish, the Oriental, or the Black.