Venus Envy - A History of Cosmetic Surgery

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Haiken is an assistant professor of history at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext The surprising history of cosmetic surgery--and America's quest for physical perfection--from the turn of the century to the present. Face lifts, nose jobs, breast implants, liposuction, collagen injections--the body at the end of the twentieth century has become endlessly mutable, and surgical alteration has become an accepted part of American culture. In Venus Envy , Elizabeth Haiken traces the quest for physical perfection through surgery from the turn of the century to the present. Drawing on a wide array of sources--personal accounts, medical records, popular magazines, medical journals, and beauty guides--Haiken reveals how our culture came to see cosmetic surgery as a panacea for both individual and social problems.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Haiken, Elizabeth (Svp Haiken
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2000
• EAN: 9780801862540
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6254-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; USA, Cultural Studies, MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, cosmetic surgery, History of Medicine, United States of America, USA, MEDICAL / Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive