Pretty Modern Beauty, Sex, and Plastic Surgery in Brazil

Name: Pretty Modern Beauty, Sex, and Plastic Surgery in Brazil
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ISBN: 9780822348016

ISBN-10: 0822348012

ISBN-13: 9780822348016

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alexander Edmonds

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Pretty Modernis a riveting account of Brazil's emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery. Intrigued by a Carnival parade that mysteriously paid homage to a Rio de Janeiro plastic surgeon, anthropologist Alexander Edmonds conducted research that took him from Ipanema socialite circles to glitzy telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery. The result is provocative exploration of the erotic, commercial, and intimate aspects of beauty in a nation with extremes of wealth and poverty and a reputation for natural sensuality. Drawing on conversations with maids and their elite mistresses, divorced housewives, black celebrities, and favela…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 12/13/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Illustrations


Introduction. In the Universe of Beauty



The Self-Esteem in Each Ego awakens


The Siliconadas


The Philosopher of Plï¿½stica


Without Tits There Is No Paradise


A Brief History of Self-Esteem


Hospital School


The Right to Beauty


Aesthetic Health



Beautiful People


Preta


Magnificent Miscegenation


The National Passion


Nanci's Rhinoplasty


My Black Is My Brand


Role Models


The Economy of Appearances



Engineering, the Erotic


Creating and Modeling Nature


Aesthetic Medicine and Motherhood


The Vanity of Maids


Lens of Dreams


I Love Myself


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


References


Index