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"As face lifts and tummy tucks become increasingly affordable to middle-class Americans, Blum argues, even those who have never considered the knife cannot escape cosmetic surgery's implications and its pervasive promotion by everyone from doctors to those who play them on TV." - Publishers Weekly"

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. The Patient's Body 2. Untouchable Bodies 3. The Plastic Surgeon and the Patient: A Slow Dance 4. Frankenstein Gets a Face-Lift 5. As If Beauty 6. The Monster and the Movie Star 7. Being and Having: Celebrity Culture and the Wages of Love 8. Addicted to Surgery Notes Works Cited Index

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 04/04/2005
    ISBN13: 9780520244733, 978-0520244733
    ISBN10: 0520244737
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    Description

    Book Synopsis


    Trade Review
    "As face lifts and tummy tucks become increasingly affordable to middle-class Americans, Blum argues, even those who have never considered the knife cannot escape cosmetic surgery's implications and its pervasive promotion by everyone from doctors to those who play them on TV." - Publishers Weekly"

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments 1. The Patient's Body 2. Untouchable Bodies 3. The Plastic Surgeon and the Patient: A Slow Dance 4. Frankenstein Gets a Face-Lift 5. As If Beauty 6. The Monster and the Movie Star 7. Being and Having: Celebrity Culture and the Wages of Love 8. Addicted to Surgery Notes Works Cited Index

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