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Reshaping the female body : the dilemma of cosmetic surgery / Kathy Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Kathy, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surgery, Plastic--Psychological aspects.
- Surgery, Plastic.
- Self-perception in women.
- Women--Health and hygiene--Sociological aspects.
- Women.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 211 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Summary:
- In Reshaping the Female Body, Kathy Davis argues that cosmetic surgery is less about the beauty system than about how women manipulate the beauty system to meet their own needs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-206) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415906318
- 0415906326
- OCLC:
- 30546391
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