Pretty Modern: Beauty, Sex, and Plastic Surgery in Brazil

This ethnographic account of Brazils emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery.

• | By (Author): Alexander Edmonds
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 13, 2010
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 318 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0822348012
• | ISBN-13: 9780822348016