Buying Beauty

Cosmetic Surgery in China

Hua Wen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2013
Hong Kong University Press (Verlag)
978-988-8139-81-1 (ISBN)

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Cosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fierce competition in all spheres of daily life, more and more women consider cosmetic surgery as an investment to gain "beauty capital" to increase opportunities for social and career success. Building on rich ethnographic data, this book presents the perspectives of women who have undergone cosmetic surgery, illuminating the aspirations behind their choices. Wen Hua explores how turbulent economic, sociocultural, and political changes in China since the 1980s have produced immense anxiety that is experienced both mentally and corporeally. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in gender studies, China studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, and cultural studies.

Wen Hua received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Zusatzinfo	28 b&w
Verlagsort	Hong Kong
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	988-8139-81-9 / 9888139819
ISBN-13	978-988-8139-81-1 / 9789888139811
Zustand	Neuware