Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam

by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu

Book Overview

In Experiments in Skin Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the ongoing influence of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty. Framing skin as the site around which these ideas have been formed, Tu foregrounds the histories of militarism in the production of US biomedical knowledge and commercial cosmetics. She uncovers the efforts of wartime scientists in the US Military Dermatology Research Program to alleviate the environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478011777
• ISBN13: 9781478011774
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"