Suzanne No«l

Cosmetic Surgery, Feminism and Beauty in Early Twentieth-Century France

By: Paula J. Martin

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Hardcover | 18 September 2014

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176 Pages

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23.39 x 15.6 x 1.12

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Working at the forefront of cosmetic surgery at the turn of the twentieth century, Dr Suzanne NoA<<l was both a pioneer in her medical field and a firm believer in the advancement of women. Today her views on the benefits of aesthetic surgery to women may seem at odds with her feminist principles, but by placing NoA<<l in the context of turn-of-the-century French culture, this book is able to demonstrate how these two worldviews were reconciled. NoA<<l was able to combine her intense convictions for gender equality and anti-ageism in the workforce with her underlying compassion and concern for her female patients, during a time when there were no laws in place to protect women from workplace discrimination. She was also responsible for several advances in cosmetic surgery, a thriving industry, and is today best known for her development of the mini facelift. This book, therefore, sheds much valuable light on advances in aesthetic surgery, twentieth-century beauty culture, women and the public sphere, and the 'new woman'.

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'This slim volume rescues Suzanne Noe l (1878-1954) from historical obscurity.' H-France

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