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Surface imaginations : cosmetic surgery, photography, and skin / Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hurst, Rachel Alpha Johnston, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surgery, Plastic--Psychological aspects.
- Surgery, Plastic.
- Photography--Psychological aspects.
- Photography.
- Skin--Psychological aspects.
- Skin.
- Beauty, Personal--Psychological aspects.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal, Québec ; London, [England] ; Chicago, [Illinois] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A meditation on why surfaces are so profound in the contemporary culture of cosmetic surgery.
- Contents:
- Making Introductions
- Surface Imaginations
- From the Quest for Recognition to Surface Imagination Surgery
- The Photograph as Reminder, Evidence, and Promise
- The Feminine Skin as Anxious Archipelago
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Interviewees.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 16, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9780773597754
- 0773597751
- 9780773597747
- 0773597743
- OCLC:
- 939687978
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