Makeover culture's dark side: Breasts, death and lolo ferrari

Body and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-104

  Jones, Meredith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body modification; Cosmetic surgery; Femininity; Gigantism; Myth; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749147192     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X07087532     Document Type: Article

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