Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Synopsis
In Reshaping the Female Body, Kathy Davis argues that cosmetic surgery is less about the beauty system than about how women manipulate the beauty system to meet their own needs.
Synopsis
Reshaping... looks at women's involvement in cosmetic surgery and raises the question of why women put themselves under the knife for operations which are painful, risky and expensive and often leave them in worse shape than before.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.