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![The Biopolitics of Beauty: Cosmetic Citizenship and Affective Capital in Brazil by Alvaro Jarrín](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNTF5WlE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--59f5a14ab22bb6bc7bc3ab7297fb5b90c77d891a/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Biopolitics%20of%20Beauty-%20Cosmetic%20Citizenship%20and%20Affective%20Capital%20in%20Brazil.jpg)
272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520293885
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 29 August 2017
Description
The Biopolitics of Beauty examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil. Using ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, the author shows how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to tran...
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272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520293885
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 29 August 2017
Description
The Biopolitics of Beauty examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil. Using ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, the author shows how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to tran...