ISBN:
9780814724057
,
9780814724101
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 279 Seiten
,
24 cm
DDC:
305.26/2
Keywords:
Frau
;
Altern
;
Kosmetische Chirurgie
;
Selbstbild
;
USA
Abstract:
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?": choosing intervention -- "It's not in my world': living as a natural ager -- Conclusion: taking the body back -- Epilogue
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index
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