Refashioning Race : How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menon, Alka Vaid.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race.

Surgery, Plastic--History--21st century.

Surgery, Plastic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Refashioning Race

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2023.

Summary:

Cosmetic surgery was once associated with a one-size-fits-all approach, modifying patients to conform to a single standard of beauty. As this surgery has become more accessible worldwide, changing beauty trends have led to a proliferation of beauty standards for members of different racial groups. Alka V. Menon enters the world of cosmetic surgeons, journeying from a sprawling convention center in Kyoto to boutique clinics in the multicultural countries of the United States and Malaysia. She shows how surgeons generate and apply knowledge using racial categories and how this process is affected by transnational clinical and economic exchanges. Surgeons not only measure and organize but also elaborate upon racial differences in a globalized field of medicine. Focusing on the role of cosmetic surgeons as gatekeepers and producers of desired appearances, Refashioning Race argues that cosmetic surgeons literally reshape race--both on patients' bodies and at the broader level of culture.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I. Global Expert Discourse

1. Standardizing Noses in Global Cosmetic Surgery

2. Standardizing Techniques: Asian Cosmetic Surgery and the Art and Science of Asian Difference

Part II. Discussing Clinical Practice in the U.S. and Malaysia

3. "Looking Right": Crafting Natural Looks in Cosmetic Surgery

4. Race and Customization in the Market for Cosmetic Surgery

5. Customizing Bodies: Seeing Race on the Body

Conclusion: The Art and Science of Racial Difference in Global Cosmetic Surgery

Methodological Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520386730

0520386736

OCLC:

1372395878