Cosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fierce competition in all spheres of daily life, more and more women consider cosmetic surgery as an investment to gain "beauty capital" to increase opportunities for social and career success. Building on rich ethnographic data, this book presents the perspectives of women who have undergone cosmetic surgery, illuminating the aspirations behind their choices. The author explores how turbulent economic, socio-cultural and political changes in China since the 1980s have produced immense anxiety that is experienced by women both mentally and physically. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in gender studies, China studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, and cultural studies.

本书介绍了生活在亚马逊盆地西部潮湿、虫蛇横行的只有8100平方英里的雨林中的瓦奥拉尼人的生活状况。作者在那里度过了两个月的时间，同族人一起打猎，观察发现 了瓦奥拉尼人在雨林中生存的秘密，这个人口稀少的部落自古以来就在厄瓜多尔雨林的腹地中过着这样的生活：他们砍倒大树以获得耕种的土地，赤裸着身体在森林中用他们 的吹箭筒和喂过毒的箭猎杀猴子和鸟类来获得必要的食物。 瓦奥拉尼人过着与世隔绝的生活，物质极其匮乏，生活环境相当恶劣，但瓦奥拉尼人的精神世界却是一片没有被污染的绿洲。

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