More than skin deep
Subtitle: exploring the real reasons why women go under the knife
By: Loren Eskenazi, and Peg Streep
Contributors: Streep, Peg
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780060577889
Subjects: Body Image; Psychology; Personal Beauty; Cosmetic Techniques; Surgery; Plastic Surgery; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Cosmetic surgery and the promise of transformation; title: 2. America and cosmetic surgery : loving it, hating it; title: 3. The stories the body tells; title: 4. Cosmetic surgery and rites of passage; title: 5. Willing wounds : surgery as catalyst; title: 6. Making the connection : ritual and conscious process; title: 7. Beneath the surface : a yearning for wholeness.