American plastic : boob jobs, credit cards, and our quest for perfection / Laurie Essig.

Author: Essig, Laurie.

Imprint:Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2010.

Descriptionxxv, 219 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:A short history of plastic -- The state of plastic -- Plastic people and their doctors -- Learning to be plastic : magazines, TV, and other cultural scripts -- The mirror and the porn star : ideal forms, cosmetic surgery, and everyday aesthetics -- Broken plastic -- Resistance -- ... Is futile?

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-206) and index.

Note:"... Shows how the plastic surgery industry merged with the plastic money industry to finance our quest for bodily perfection"--Jacket.

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