Reshaping the female body
Subtitle: the dilemma of cosmetic surgery
By: Kathy Davis.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Surgery, Plastic -- Psychological aspects; Self-perception in women; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects; Feminist theory
Description: In an analysis from a feminist standpoint, Davis argues that cosmetic surgery is a dilemma: both symptom and solution, oppression and liberation, all in one.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.