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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright, Dedication 2 Contents 8 List of plates 9 Acknowledgements 12 1 Clinical trails: researching cosmetic surgery tourism 14 2 Cosmetic investments 44 3 Locating cosmetic surgery tourism 76 4 The work of cosmetic surgery tourism I: caregiving companions and medical travel facilitators 99 6 Community and little narratives 140 7 Decentring and disorienting cosmetic surgery tourism 157 8 Cosmetic convivialities and cosmopolitan beginnings 173 Conclusions 192 References 207 Index 224 Image PLates 231 Publisher:Manchester University Press,Published:2019,ISBN:9781526134264,Language:English,OCLC:1110435293 Beautyscapes explores the global phenomenon of international medical travel, focusing on patient-consumers seeking cosmetic surgery outside their home country and on those who enable them to access treatment abroad, including surgeons and facilitators. It documents the journeys of those who travel for treatment abroad, as well as the nature and power relations of the IMT industry. Empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated, Beautyscapes draws on key themes of interest to students and researchers interested in globalisation and mobility to explain the natu

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Author

Ruth Holliday, Meredith Jones, David Bell, David Charles Bell

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526146717

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Travel, Sociology, Medical