Cosmetic surgery and the fashionable face

Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-210

  Jones, Meredith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer culture; Cosmetic surgery; Fashion; Images; Media; The face; Three dimensions; Two dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860145363     PISSN: 1362704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174112X13274987924096     Document Type: Article

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