Pretty modern beauty, sex, and plastic surgery in Brazil / Alexander Edmonds.

Author/creator Edmonds, Alexander, 1970-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDurham, NC : Duke University Press,
Description297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Siliconadas -- The philosopher of plástica -- Without tits there is no paradise -- A brief history of self-esteem -- Hospital school -- The right to beauty -- Aesthetic health -- Preta -- Magnificent miscegenation -- The national passion -- Nanci's rhinoplasty -- My Black is my brand -- Role models -- The economy of appearances -- Creating and modeling nature -- Aesthetic medicine and motherhood -- The vanity of maids -- Lens of dreams -- I love myself.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. (269)-285) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010028795
ISBN9780822347859 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822348016 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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