Brief encounters: Assembling cosmetic surgery tourism

被引：45

作者：

Holliday, Ruth ^{[1
]}

Bell, David ^{[1
]}

Cheung, Olive ^{[2
]}

Jones, Meredith ^{[3
]}

Probyn, Elspeth ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England

[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Singapore 117548, Singapore

[3] Univ Technol Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia

[4] Univ Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 2015年 / 124卷

关键词：

Cosmetic surgery tourism; Flow; Network; Assemblage; MEDICAL TRAVEL; GLOBALIZATION; BODIES; HEALTH; GENDER;

D O I：

10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.047

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

This paper reports findings from a large-scale, multi-disciplinary, mixed methods project which explores empirically and theoretically the rapidly growing but poorly understood (and barely regulated) phenomenon of cosmetic surgery tourism (CST). We explore CST by drawing on theories of flows, networks and assemblages, aiming to produce a fuller and more nuanced account of and accounting for CST. This enables us to conceptualise CST as an interplay of places, people, things, ideas and practices. Through specific instances of assembling cosmetic surgery that we encountered in the field, and that we illustrate with material from interviews with patients, facilitators and surgeons, our analysis advances understandings and theorisations of medical mobilities, globalisation and assemblage thinking. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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页码：298 / 304

页数：7

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