Beautyscapes explores the global phenomenon of international medical travel, focusing on patient-consumers seeking cosmetic surgery outside their home country and on those who enable them to access treatment abroad, including surgeons and facilitators. It documents the journeys of those who travel for treatment abroad, as well as the nature and power relations of the IMT industry. Empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated, Beautyscapes draws on key themes of interest to students and researchers interested in globalisation and mobility to explain the nature and growing popularity of cosmetic surgery tourism. Richly illustrated with ethnographic material and with the voices of those directly involved in cosmetic surgery tourism, Beautyscapes explores cosmetic surgery journeys from Australia and China to East-Asia and from the UK to Europe and North Africa.
| ISBN: | 9781526134257 |
| Publication date: | 3rd June 2019 |
| Author: | Ruth Holliday, Meredith Jones, David Bell |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Genres: |
Cosmetic surgery Development and environmental geography Social and cultural anthropology Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries Medical sociology |