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Surface Imaginations : Cosmetic Surgery, Photography, and Skin.

Hurst, Rachel Alpha Johnston.

Surface Imaginations : Cosmetic Surgery, Photography, and Skin. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)

Cover -- SURFACE IMAGINATIONS -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Making Introductions -- 1 Surface Imaginations -- 2 From the Quest for Recognition to Surface Imagination Surgery -- 3 The Photograph as Reminder, Evidence, and Promise -- 4 The Feminine Skin as Anxious Archipelago -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix: Interviewees -- A Note on the Cover -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A meditation on why surfaces are so profound in the contemporary culture of cosmetic surgery.

9780773597747


Surgery, Plastic-Psychological aspects.
Photography-Psychological aspects.
Skin-Psychological aspects.
Beauty, Personal-Psychological aspects.


Electronic books.

RD118.5 -- .H877 2015eb

617.9/52

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