American plastic
Subtitle: boob jobs, credit cards, and our quest for perfection
By: Laurie Essig
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780807000557
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Economics; Credit cards; Beauty; Social aspects; Socioeconomic Factors; Credit; Trends; Social Conditions; Plastic Surgery; Popular Works; Ethics
Description: "... Shows how the plastic surgery industry merged with the plastic money industry to finance our quest for bodily perfection"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: A short history of plastic; title: The state of plastic; title: Plastic people and their doctors; title: Learning to be plastic : magazines, TV, and other cultural scripts; title: The mirror and the porn star : ideal forms, cosmetic surgery, and everyday aesthetics; title: Broken plastic; title: Resistance; title: ... Is futile?