Women, Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery: Negotiating the 'Normal' Body

By Rhian Parker

Book Overview

This book explores an innovative study of women who undergo cosmetic study and the doctors who carry it out. It situates cosmetic surgery as a personal choice made by women against the social and cultural reality of the way women's bodies are scrutinised in Western countries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134936505X
• ISBN13: 9781349365050
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"