Buying Beauty

Buying BeautyCosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fierce competition in all spheres of daily life, more and more women consider cosmetic surgery as an investment to gain "beauty capital" to increase opportunities for social and career success. Building on rich ethnographic data, this book presents the perspectives of women who have undergone cosmetic surgery, illuminating the aspirations behind their

transcending the subject-object structure

Brian Treanor builds on recent work on virtue ethics in environmental philosophy

This chapter highlights some of those recent developments and identifies future focus areas for research and development

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are not afraid to tackle controversial topics like reverse gender discrimination in nursing leadership

The Citadel of Fear is a lost world novel in the tradition of H

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the book provides an evidence-based framework with practical strategies

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