The ways women age : using and refusing cosmetic intervention /
Brooks, Abigail T.,
The ways women age : using and refusing cosmetic intervention / Abigail T. Brooks. - New York : New York University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: older women in cosmetic culture -- "I wanted to look like me again": aging, identity, and cosmetic intervention -- "I am what I am!": The freedom of growing older 'naturally' -- "Age changes you, but not like surgery": refusing cosmetic intervention -- "Can we just stop the clock here?" Promise and peril in the anti-aging explosion -- "Why should I be the ugly one?": choosing intervention -- "It's not in my world': living as a natural ager -- Conclusion: taking the body back -- Epilogue.
9780814725238
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Older women.
Aging--Psychological aspects.
Body image in women.
Surgery, Plastic--Social aspects.
Electronic Books.
HQ1219 / .W397 2017
The ways women age : using and refusing cosmetic intervention / Abigail T. Brooks. - New York : New York University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: older women in cosmetic culture -- "I wanted to look like me again": aging, identity, and cosmetic intervention -- "I am what I am!": The freedom of growing older 'naturally' -- "Age changes you, but not like surgery": refusing cosmetic intervention -- "Can we just stop the clock here?" Promise and peril in the anti-aging explosion -- "Why should I be the ugly one?": choosing intervention -- "It's not in my world': living as a natural ager -- Conclusion: taking the body back -- Epilogue.
9780814725238
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Older women.
Aging--Psychological aspects.
Body image in women.
Surgery, Plastic--Social aspects.
Electronic Books.
HQ1219 / .W397 2017