Embodying racism: race, rhinoplasty, and self-esteem in Venezuela.
Qual Health Res
; 23(3): 326-35, 2013 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-23349127
ABSTRACT
In this article, I examine how race motivates women's decisions to undergo aesthetic rhinoplasty in Caracas, Venezuela. Through a combination of cultural domain analysis and thematic analysis of qualitative interviews, I explore how the preference for whiteness and associated facial features dovetail with the aesthetic ideals promoted by cosmetic surgeons. Rhinoplasty is offered by physicians and interpreted by patients as a resolution to body dissatisfaction and low self-esteem. The clinical ethos of objectivity established by cosmetic surgeons fails to acknowledge how perceptions of the self and body are strongly tied to racial marginalization patients' efforts to alter the nose reveal attempts to change not only how the body looks, but how it is lived. As a result, cosmetic surgery only acts as a stop-gap measure to heighten one's self-esteem and body image.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Rinoplastia
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Autoimagen
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Etnicidad
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Racismo
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Motivación
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Venezuela
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Qual Health Res
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos