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Beautyscapes : Mapping Cosmetic Surgery Tourism.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (246 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526134264
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: BeautyscapesDDC classification:
  • 306.4819
LOC classification:
  • RA793.5 .H655 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Clinical trails: researching cosmetic surgery tourism -- Cosmetic investments -- Locating cosmetic surgery tourism -- The work of cosmetic surgery tourism I: caregiving companions and medical travel facilitators -- The work of cosmetic surgery tourism II: health workers and patients -- Community and little narratives -- Decentring and disorienting cosmetic surgery tourism -- Cosmetic convivialities and cosmopolitan beginnings -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
Summary: Beautyscapes is the first book to focus specifically on cosmetic surgery tourism. It draws on key themes of interest to students and researchers interested in globalisation and mobility, such as gender and class, neoliberalism, social media, conviviality and care, to explain the nature and growing popularity of international medical travel.
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Front Matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Clinical trails: researching cosmetic surgery tourism -- Cosmetic investments -- Locating cosmetic surgery tourism -- The work of cosmetic surgery tourism I: caregiving companions and medical travel facilitators -- The work of cosmetic surgery tourism II: health workers and patients -- Community and little narratives -- Decentring and disorienting cosmetic surgery tourism -- Cosmetic convivialities and cosmopolitan beginnings -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.

Beautyscapes is the first book to focus specifically on cosmetic surgery tourism. It draws on key themes of interest to students and researchers interested in globalisation and mobility, such as gender and class, neoliberalism, social media, conviviality and care, to explain the nature and growing popularity of international medical travel.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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