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6. The Monster and the Movie Star

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  4. 1. The Patient’s Body 1
  5. 2. Untouchable Bodies 35
  6. 3. The Plastic Surgeon and the Patient: A Slow Dance 67
  7. 4. Frankenstein Gets a Face-Lift 103
  8. 5. As If Beauty 145
  9. 6. The Monster and the Movie Star 188
  10. 7. Being and Having: Celebrity Culture and the Wages of Love 220
  11. 8. Addicted to Surgery 262
  12. Notes 291
  13. Works Cited 315
  14. Index 341
Flesh Wounds
This chapter is in the book Flesh Wounds
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520938731-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  4. 1. The Patient’s Body 1
  5. 2. Untouchable Bodies 35
  6. 3. The Plastic Surgeon and the Patient: A Slow Dance 67
  7. 4. Frankenstein Gets a Face-Lift 103
  8. 5. As If Beauty 145
  9. 6. The Monster and the Movie Star 188
  10. 7. Being and Having: Celebrity Culture and the Wages of Love 220
  11. 8. Addicted to Surgery 262
  12. Notes 291
  13. Works Cited 315
  14. Index 341
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