Transnational Body Projects: Media Representations of Cosmetic Surgery Tourism in Argentina and the United States
Cosmetic surgery tourism (CST) is part of the growing trend known as medical tourism. As people in the global North travel to less affluent countries to modify their bodies through cosmetic surgery, their transnational body projects are influenced by both economic "materialities" and trave...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2015-08-01
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Series: | Journal of World-Systems Research |
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Online Access: | http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/509 |