The ways women age : using and refusing cosmetic intervention
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- ISBN: 9780814724101
- ISBN: 0814724108
- ISBN: 9780814724057
- ISBN: 0814724051
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 279 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : older women in cosmetic culture -- "I wanted to look like me again" : aging, identity, and cosmetic intervention -- "I am what I am!" : the freedom of growing older "naturally" -- "Age changes you, but not like surgery" : refusing cosmetic intervention -- "Can we just stop the clock here?" : promise and peril in the anti-aging explosion -- "Why should I be the ugly one?" : social circles of intervention -- "It's not in my world" : living as a natural ager -- Conclusion : taking the body back -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) Older women Aging Psychological aspects Body image in women Surgery, Plastic Social aspects |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HQ 1219 .B76 2017 | 30775305528193 | General Collection | Available | - |