TY  - BOOK
AU  - Essig,Laurie
TI  - American plastic: boob jobs, credit cards, and our quest for perfection 
SN  - 9780807000557 :
AV  - HG3755.8.U6 E87 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - Credit cards
KW  - United States
KW  - Credit
KW  - Surgery, Plastic
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - economics
KW  - Popular Works
KW  - ethics
KW  - Beauty
KW  - Social Conditions
KW  - trends
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-206) and index; A short history of plastic -- The state of plastic -- Plastic people and their doctors -- Learning to be plastic : magazines, TV, and other cultural scripts -- The mirror and the porn star : ideal forms, cosmetic surgery, and everyday aesthetics -- Broken plastic -- Resistance -- ... Is futile?
N2  - "... Shows how the plastic surgery industry merged with the plastic money industry to finance our quest for bodily perfection"--Jacket
ER  -