Experiments in skin: race and beauty in the shadows of Vietnam
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Beteilige Person: Tu, Thuy Linh Nguyen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2021
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Abstract:"Experiments in Skin examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, categories assumed to be manifest on our skin but only rendered so through great scientific, commercial, and aesthetic efforts. It uncovers the work of wartime scientists in the U.S. Military Dermatology Research Program, who attempted to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' bodies, while helping to shore up these chemical's widespread use, and ties these efforts to the labors of women in contemporary Vietnam, struggling to remediate war's biochemical effects"--
Umfang:viii, 230 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781478011774
9781478010661