Ruth Holliday, Meredith Jones, David Bell

Beautyscapes

Mapping cosmetic surgery tourism

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Produktbeschreibung

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. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9781526134257
• ISBN-10: 152613425X
• Artikelnr.: 55391777

Autorenporträt

Ruth Holliday is Professor of Gender and Culture at the University of Leeds

Inhaltsangabe

1 Clinical trails: researching cosmetic surgery tourism 2 Cosmetic
investments 3 Locating cosmetic surgery tourism 4 The work of cosmetic
surgery tourism I: care-giving companions and medical travel facilitators 5
The work of cosmetic surgery tourism II: health workers and patients 6
Community and little narratives 7 Decentring and disorienting cosmetic
surgery tourism 8 Cosmetic convivialities and cosmopolitan beginnings 9
Conclusions Index