Where health and beauty meet: Femininity and racialisation in Thai cosmetic surgery clinics

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-317

  Aizura, Aren Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84861652259     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357820903153707     Document Type: Article

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