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Author Kwan, Samantha, author.

Title Under the knife : cosmetic surgery, boundary work, and the pursuit of the natural fake / Samantha Kwan and Jennifer Graves
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (198 pages)
Contents The cosmetic surgery paradox -- Motivations and concerns -- Pursuing the natural fake -- Setting boundaries -- Negotiating "unnatural" results -- Resolving paradoxes
Summary "This book uses interviews with women undergoing elective cosmetic surgery to explore the way they make sense of their body project in light of dominant cultural discourses, including women's agency over their bodies and the undesirability of unnatural aesthetics"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 04, 2020)
Subject Body image in women -- United States
Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects -- United States
Surgery, Elective -- Social aspects -- United States
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- United States
Human body -- Social aspects -- United States.
Self-perception in women -- United States
Body image in women
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Human body -- Social aspects
Self-perception in women
Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Graves, Jennifer, 1983- author.
LC no. 2019042671
ISBN 1439919348
9781439919347