| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Vulnerable vulvas -- Melting snowflakes : toward a clean slit -- Normativity and the contradictory nature of normal -- Seeking vulval perfection -- Vulva Las Vegas : science, magic (a gamble), or more of the same? -- Autonomy, risk, desire, and magic |
| Summary |
The Perfect Vagina highlights the complexities involved with Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, its role in Western beauty culture, and the creation and control of body image in countries where self-care is valorized and medicine is increasingly harnessed for enhancement as well as health |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2022) |
| Subject |
Gynoplasty.
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Gynoplasty -- Social aspects
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Female genital mutilation
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Body image in women.
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Beauty culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Female genital mutilation
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Body image in women
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Beauty culture
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Gynoplasty
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253056122 |
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0253056128 |
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9780253056146 |
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0253056144 |
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