Flesh Wounds: Culture of Cosmetic Surgery

by Virginia Blum

Book Overview

When did cosmetic surgery become a common practice, the stuff of everyday conversation? In a work that combines a provocative ethnography of plastic surgery and a penetrating analysis of beauty and feminism, Virginia L. Blum searches out the social conditions and imperatives that have made ours a culture of cosmetic surgery. From diverse viewpoints, ranging from cosmetic surgery patient to feminist cultural critic, she looks into the realities and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520244737
• ISBN13: 9780520244733
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"