Drastic plastic and the global electronic economy

Society

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-362

  Elliott, Anthony ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmetic surgical culture; Globalization; New economy; Self reinvention

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349114097     PISSN: 01472011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-009-9226-5     Document Type: Article

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