Lindy McDougall

The Perfect Vagina

Cosmetic Surgery in the Twenty-First Century

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Produktbeschreibung

The Perfect Vagina highlights the complexities involved with Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, its role in Western beauty culture, and the creation and control of body image in countries where self-care is valorized and medicine is increasingly harnessed for enhancement as well as health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780253056139
• ISBN-10: 0253056136
• Artikelnr.: 59916289

Autorenporträt

Lindy McDougall is Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Prologue: Mandy's Story
Introduction: Vulnerable Vulvas
1. Melting Snowflakes: Toward a Clean Slit
2. Normativity and the Contradictory Nature of Normal
3. Seeking Vulval Perfection
4. Vulva Las Vegas: Science, Magic (a Gamble) or More of the Same?
5. Autonomy, Risk, Desire, and Magic
Appendices
References
Index