A01=David Bell
A01=Meredith Jones
A01=Ruth Holliday
Author_David Bell
Author_Meredith Jones
Author_Ruth Holliday
Care
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Category=JHMC
Category=MBS
Category=PSX
Category=RGC
Class
Conviviality
Cosmetic surgery
Cosmetic surgery tourism
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Flows and networks
Gender
International medical travel
Internet
Medical tourism
Product details
- ISBN 9781526134257
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 nature and growing popularity of cosmetic surgery tourism. Richly illustrated with ethnographic material and with the voices of those directly involved in cosmetic surgery tourism, Beautyscapes explores cosmetic surgery journeys from Australia and China to East-Asia and from the UK to Europe and North Africa.
Ruth Holliday is Professor of Gender and Culture at the University of Leeds
Meredith Jones is Reader in Gender and Media Studies, and Director of the Research Centre for Global Lives at Brunel University London
David Bell is Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Leeds
