Buying Beauty

Buying Beauty
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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9789888139828
ISBN-13 : 9888139827
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Book Synopsis Buying Beauty by : WEN Hua

Download or read book Buying Beauty written by WEN Hua and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The author explores how turbulent economic, socio-cultural and political changes in China since the 1980s have produced immense anxiety that is experienced by women both mentally and physically. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in gender studies, China studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, and cultural studies.


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