Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' skin has impacted how contemporary Vietnamese women use pharmaceutical cosmetics to repair the damage from the war's lingering toxicity.
Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' skin has impacted how contemporary Vietnamese women use pharmaceutical cosmetics to repair the damage from the war's lingering toxicity.
Acknowledgments vii Introduction. Mysteries of the Visible 1 1. Skin Stories: Making Beauty in the Culture of Renovation 23 2. The Beautiful Life of Agent Orange 49 3. An Armor of Skin: Pacific Threats and the Dreams of Infinite Security 76 4. A Laboratory of Skin: Making Race in the Mekong Delta 104 5. Weak Skin, Strong Skin: The Work of Making Livable 134 Epilogue 161 Notes 165 Bibliography 201 Index 219
Acknowledgments vii Introduction. Mysteries of the Visible 1 1. Skin Stories: Making Beauty in the Culture of Renovation 23 2. The Beautiful Life of Agent Orange 49 3. An Armor of Skin: Pacific Threats and the Dreams of Infinite Security 76 4. A Laboratory of Skin: Making Race in the Mekong Delta 104 5. Weak Skin, Strong Skin: The Work of Making Livable 134 Epilogue 161 Notes 165 Bibliography 201 Index 219
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