Beauty and the beast
By: Michael Taussig
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780226789859; 9780226789866
Subjects: Beauty culture; Plastic Surgery; Personal Beauty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The gift of the gods; title: El mexicano; title: A rare and delightful bird in flight; title: Winnypoo; title: Spending; title: Cool; title: The designer smile; title: The designer body; title: Mythological warfare; title: Beauty and mutilation; title: The exploding breast; title: Virtual u; title: The history of beauty; title: History of the shoe; title: Surgeons of the underworld; title: The designer name; title: Law in a lawless land; title: The tabooed cleft; title: The fat kid and the devil.