Beauty and the beast /

Beauty and the beast /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Taussig, Michael T.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Beauty, Personal. Beauty culture. Surgery, Plastic. Beauty culture. Beauty, Personal. Surgery, Plastic. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11138031

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ISBN:	9780226789880 0226789888 1280879785 9781280879784 9780226789859 0226789853
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Beauty and the Beast begins with the question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, Michael Taussig scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. He balances an examination of surgeries meant to enhance an individual's beauty with an often overlooked counterpart, surgeries performed--often on high profile criminals--to disguise one's identity. Situating this globally shared phenomenon within the economic, cultural, and political history of Colombia.
Other form:	Print version: Taussig, Michael T. Beauty and the beast. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012 9780226789859

Table of Contents:

The gift of the gods
El mexicano
A rare and delightful bird in flight
Winnypoo
Spending
Cool
The designer smile
The designer body
Mythological warfare
Beauty and mutilation
The exploding breast
Virtual u
The history of beauty
History of the shoe
Surgeons of the underworld
The designer name
Law in a lawless land
The tabooed cleft
The fat kid and the devil.