Beautyscapes : mapping cosmetic surgery tourism / Ruth Holliday, Meredith Jones, David Bell.

  • Holliday, Ruth
Date:
2019
  • Books

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Description

"Beautyscapes is the first book to focus specifically on cosmetic surgery tourism. It draws on key themes of interest to students and researchers interested in globalisation and mobility, such as gender and class, neoliberalism, social media, conviviality and care, to explain the nature and growing popularity of international medical travel."--From publisher.

Publication/Creation

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Physical description

xii, 217 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Clinical trails: researching cosmetic surgery tourism -- Cosmetic investments -- Locating cosmetic surgery tourism -- The work of cosmetic surgery tourism I: care-giving companions and medical travel facilitators -- The work of cosmetic surgery tourism II: health workers and patients -- Community and little narratives -- Decentring and disorienting cosmetic surgery tourism -- Cosmetic convivialities and cosmopolitan beginnings -- Conclusions.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    VN.U
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781526134257
  • 152613425X