American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection
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- Synopsis
- Plastic surgery has become "the answer" for many, and in American Plastic, sociologist Laurie Essig explores how we arrived at this particular solution. Over the last decade there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we now spend over $12 billion annually on procedures like liposuction, face-lifts, tummy tucks, and boob jobs. In this fascinating book, Essig argues that this transformation is the result of massive shifts in both our culture and our economy - a perfect storm of greed, desire, and technology. Using plastic surgery as a lens on better understanding our society, Essig shows how access to credit, medical advances, and the pressures from an image- and youth-obsessed culture have led to an unprecedented desire to "fix" ourselves.
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780807000557
- Publisher:
- Beacon Press
- Date of Addition:
- 04/06/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Beacon Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Business and Finance
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.