Gender, Globalization and Aesthetic Surgery in South Korea

Body and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 58-81

  Holliday, Ruth ^a   Elfving Hwang, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cosmetic surgery; gender; globalization; Korea; physiognomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861778463     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X12440828     Document Type: Review

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