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Buying beauty [electronic resource] : cosmetic surgery in China / Wen Hua.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, c2013 2013) 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (xiii, 253 p., [12] p. of plates) :) ill., ports., digital fileISBN:
  • 9789882208506
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 617.95
LOC classification:
  • RD119 .H833 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. Cultural background of cosmetic surgery -- 1. The cultural history of plastic surgery in China -- 2. China's first "artificial beauty" -- Ii. "Beauty capital" in social transition -- 3. "Being good-looking is capital" -- 4. From the "iron rice bowl" to the "rice bowl of youth" -- Iii. The beauty economy and "beauty diplomacy" -- 5. The commodification of the body -- 6. China's beauty economy and beauty ideology -- Iv. Globalization and the changing image of beauty -- 7. From Barbie doll to the Korean wave -- 8. Between the local and the global -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Summary: Cosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fierce competition in all spheres of daily life, more and more women consider cosmetic surgery as an investment to gain "beauty capital" to increase opportunities for social and career success. Building on rich ethnographic data, this book presents the perspectives of women who have undergone cosmetic surgery, illuminating the aspirations behind their choices. Wen Hua explores how turbulent economic, sociocultural, and political changes in China since the 1980s have produced immense anxiety that is experienced both mentally and corporeally. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in gender studies, China studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, and cultural studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. Cultural background of cosmetic surgery -- 1. The cultural history of plastic surgery in China -- 2. China's first "artificial beauty" -- Ii. "Beauty capital" in social transition -- 3. "Being good-looking is capital" -- 4. From the "iron rice bowl" to the "rice bowl of youth" -- Iii. The beauty economy and "beauty diplomacy" -- 5. The commodification of the body -- 6. China's beauty economy and beauty ideology -- Iv. Globalization and the changing image of beauty -- 7. From Barbie doll to the Korean wave -- 8. Between the local and the global -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

Cosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fierce competition in all spheres of daily life, more and more women consider cosmetic surgery as an investment to gain "beauty capital" to increase opportunities for social and career success. Building on rich ethnographic data, this book presents the perspectives of women who have undergone cosmetic surgery, illuminating the aspirations behind their choices. Wen Hua explores how turbulent economic, sociocultural, and political changes in China since the 1980s have produced immense anxiety that is experienced both mentally and corporeally. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in gender studies, China studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, and cultural studies.

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