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Buying Beauty

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Paperback
Book Buying Beauty Wen Hua
Libristo code: 01289506
Publishers Hong Kong University Press, January 2013
Cosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fi... Full description
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Cosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fierce competition in all spheres of daily life, more and more women consider cosmetic surgery as an investment to gain "beauty capital" to increase opportunities for social and career success. Building on rich ethnographic data, this book presents the perspectives of women who have undergone cosmetic surgery, illuminating the aspirations behind their choices. Wen Hua explores how turbulent economic, sociocultural, and political changes in China since the 1980s have produced immense anxiety that is experienced both mentally and corporeally. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in gender studies, China studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, and cultural studies.

About the book

Full name Buying Beauty
Author Wen Hua
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2013
Number of pages 272
EAN 9789888139828
ISBN 9888139827
Libristo code 01289506
Publishers Hong Kong University Press
Weight 412
Dimensions 163 x 230 x 16

Categories

Society & Social Sciences > Society & culture: general > Social groups > Gender studies, gender groups > Gender studies: women & girls
Society & Social Sciences > Society & culture: general > Cultural & media studies > Cultural studies
Society & Social Sciences > Society & culture: general > Social groups > Ethnic studies
Place qualifiers > Asia > East Asia, Far East > China
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