Venus envy : a history of cosmetic surgery
Haiken, Elizabeth
Venus envy : a history of cosmetic surgery - London The Johns Hopkins University Press 1997 - ix, 370p.,
"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."
9780801862540 (pbk.)
Surgery, Plastic
Surgery, Plastic--Social aspects
Public opinion
Surgery, Plastic--Public opinion
Beauty, Personal--Public opinion
Beauty, Personal--Social aspects
Beauty, Personal
617.95 / HAI
Venus envy : a history of cosmetic surgery - London The Johns Hopkins University Press 1997 - ix, 370p.,
"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."
9780801862540 (pbk.)
Surgery, Plastic
Surgery, Plastic--Social aspects
Public opinion
Surgery, Plastic--Public opinion
Beauty, Personal--Public opinion
Beauty, Personal--Social aspects
Beauty, Personal
617.95 / HAI