Flesh wounds the culture of cosmetic surgery / [electronic resource] :
Virginia L. Blum.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
- x, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-340) and index.
The patient's body -- Untouchable bodies -- The plastic surgeon and the patient: a slow dance -- Frankenstein gets a facelift -- As if beauty -- The monster and the movie star -- Being and having: celebrity culture and the wages of love -- Addicted to surgery.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.