Perfect Vagina - Cosmetic Surgery in the Twenty-First Century

The Perfect Vagina highlights the complexities involved with Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, its role in Western beauty culture, and the creation and control of body image in countries where self-care is valorized and medicine is increasingly harnessed for enhancement as well as health.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue: Mandy's Story
Introduction: Vulnerable Vulvas
1. Melting Snowflakes: Toward a Clean Slit
2. Normativity and the Contradictory Nature of Normal
3. Seeking Vulval Perfection
4. Vulva Las Vegas: Science, Magic (a Gamble) or More of the Same?
5. Autonomy, Risk, Desire, and Magic
Appendices
References
Index

About the author

Lindy McDougall is Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Summary

The Perfect Vagina highlights the complexities involved with Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, its role in Western beauty culture, and the creation and control of body image in countries where self-care is valorized and medicine is increasingly harnessed for enhancement as well as health.

Product details

• Authors: Lindy McDougall
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780253056139
• ISBN: 978-0-253-05613-9
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories