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Remaking the Human - Cosmetic Technologies of Body Repair, Reshaping, and Replacement (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,083

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Remaking the Human - Cosmetic Technologies of Body Repair, Reshaping, and Replacement (Hardcover): Alvaro Jarrin, Chiara...

Remaking the Human - Cosmetic Technologies of Body Repair, Reshaping, and Replacement (Hardcover)

Alvaro Jarrin, Chiara Pussetti

Series: Politics of Repair

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The technological capacity to transform biology - repairing, reshaping and replacing body parts, chemicals and functions - is now part of our lives. Humanity is confronted with a variety of affordable and non-invasive 'enhancement technologies': anti-ageing medicine, aesthetic surgery, cognitive and sexual enhancers, lifestyle drugs, prosthetics and hormone supplements. This collection focuses on why people find these practices so seductive and provides ethnographic insights into people's motives and aspirations as they embrace or reject enhancement technologies, which are closely entangled with negotiations over gender, class, age, nationality and ethnicity.

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Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Politics of Repair
Release date:	April 2021
Editors:	Alvaro Jarrin • Chiara Pussetti
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-1-80073-031-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Medicine > Surgery > Plastic & reconstructive surgery > Cosmetic surgery Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly Promotions
LSN:	1-80073-031-4
Barcode:	9781800730311