Refashioning Race

How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards

Alka Vaid Menon

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University of California Press
18 April 2023

Gender studies, gender groups; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Black & Asian studies; Sociology

Cosmetic surgery was once associated with a one-size-fits-all approach, modifying patients to conform to a single standard of beauty. As it has become more accessible worldwide, changing beauty trends have led to a proliferation of beauty standards for members of different racial groups. Alka V. Menon takes us inside the world of cosmetic surgeons, journeying from a sprawling convention center in Kyoto to boutique clinics in the multicultural countries of the United States and Malaysia. She shows how surgeons generate and apply knowledge using racial categories and how this process is affected by transnational clinical and economic exchanges. Surgeons not only measure and organize but also elaborate upon racial differences in a globalized field of medicine. Focusing on the role of cosmetic surgeons as gatekeepers and producers of desired appearances, Refashioning Race argues that cosmetic surgeons literally reshape race—both on patients' bodies and at the broader level of culture.

By: Alka Vaid Menon
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520386709
ISBN 10: 0520386701
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 18 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alka V. Menon is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yale University.

Reviews for Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards

""Overall, Refashioning Race makes an original and rich contribution to the scholarly bodies of work (no more puns, I promise) on body/embodiment, beauty, cosmetic surgery, and race, as well as science and technology studies and the growing subfield of the sociology of expertise."" * Social Forces *