Architecture of the body: Cosmetic surgery and postmodern space

Space and Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-101

  Jones, Meredith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmetic surgery; Hyperspace; Plastic surgery; Postmodernism; The body

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247650110     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331203256583     Document Type: Review

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