Cosmetic surgery in the age of gender

Jones, MR; Heyes, CJ

Cosmetic surgery in the age of gender

Jones, MR Heyes, CJ

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Publisher:: Ashgate
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer, 2009, 1, pp. 1 - 17
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Jones, MR	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Heyes, CJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Heyes, CJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Jones, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer, 2009, 1, pp. 1 - 17	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-7546-7699-7	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/8236
dc.description.abstract	We're watching a clip from a TV docnmentary about cosmetic surgery on YouTube.' It introduces Toni Wildish, 28-year-old mother of four, part-time shop assistant, and aspiring glamour model. Toni went to Prague as a cosmetic surgery tourist after determining that she couldn't afford breast implants in the UK. The majority of the YonTube clip is a hand-held video diary made by Toni and her friend Claire, who accompanies her for moral support. They shriek and joke to camera, and Toni flashes her pre-op B-cup breasts; they seem to be having an exciting time, albeit that the shots of their cheap hotel room reveal it to be "very dark and dingy and a bit spooky." Visiting the Czech surgeon, it's immediately clear that he and Toni are not on the same page about the size and shape of her proposed implants.	en_US
dc.publisher	Ashgate	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer	en_US
dc.title	Cosmetic surgery in the age of gender	en_US
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Abstract:

We're watching a clip from a TV docnmentary about cosmetic surgery on YouTube.' It introduces Toni Wildish, 28-year-old mother of four, part-time shop assistant, and aspiring glamour model. Toni went to Prague as a cosmetic surgery tourist after determining that she couldn't afford breast implants in the UK. The majority of the YonTube clip is a hand-held video diary made by Toni and her friend Claire, who accompanies her for moral support. They shriek and joke to camera, and Toni flashes her pre-op B-cup breasts; they seem to be having an exciting time, albeit that the shots of their cheap hotel room reveal it to be "very dark and dingy and a bit spooky." Visiting the Czech surgeon, it's immediately clear that he and Toni are not on the same page about the size and shape of her proposed implants.

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