The Biopolitics of Beauty examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil.
From here, Jarrin explains how plastic s.
The book historically traces the national concern with beauty to Brazilian eugenics, which established beauty as an index of the nation\'s racial improvement.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, the author explains how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to transform beauty into a basic health right.
The Biopolitics of Beauty examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil