The biopolitics of beauty : cosmetic citizenship and affective capital in Brazil /

The biopolitics of beauty : cosmetic citizenship and affective capital in Brazil / Alvaro Jarrín.

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"The Biopolitics of Beauty examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil. Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, the author explains how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to transform beauty into a basic health right. T...

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Main Author: Jarrín, Alvaro, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects > Brazil.
Biopolitics > Brazil.
Public health > Social aspects > Brazil.
Plastic surgeons > Social aspects > Brazil.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > Brazil.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects.
Biopolitics.
Public health > Social aspects.
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects.
Brazil.

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