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Reconstructing bodies : biomedicine, health, and nation building in South Korea since 1945 / John P. DiMoia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DiMoia, John Paul, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
- Medicine.
- Public health--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
- Public health.
- Medical policy--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
- Medical policy.
- History.
- Korea (South).
- Physical Description:
- x, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- South Korea represents one of the world's most enthusiastic markets for plastic surgery. The growth of this market is particularly fascinating as access to medical care and surgery arose only recently with the economic growth of the 1980s. Reconstructing Bodies traces the development of a medical infrastructure in the Republic of Korea (ROK) from 1945 to the present, arguing that the plastic surgery craze and the related development of biotech ambitions is deeply rooted in historical experience. Tracking the ROK's transition and independence from Japan, John P. DiMoia details how the South Korean government mobilized biomedical resources and technologies to consolidate its desired image of a modern and progressive nation. Offering in-depth accounts of illustrative transformations, DiMoia narrates South Korean biomedical practice. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Medicine and its fragments, 1945-1948
- Mobilizing new models of public health and medicine, 1945-1948
- From Minneapolis to Seoul: transforming surgery, clinical practice, and professional identity at Seoul National University Hospital, 1954-1968
- Family planning and nation-building in South Korea, 1961 through the mid-1970s
- Taking samples for the nation: historicizing the biological sample in the South Korean anti-parasite campaigns, 1969-1995
- Reconstructing the face: "Asian blepharoplasty," professional expertise, and the development of a plastic surgery market, 1954 to the present
- Conclusion: challenging developmental expectations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804784115
- 0804784116
- OCLC:
- 815873485
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