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>> v Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 About Face 7 2 Facial Work: Aesthetic Surgery as Lifesaving Work 24 3 Making Faces: Life Makeovers through Facial Work 47 4 Not Just Another Pretty Face: The Social Value 76 of Unremarkability 5 Saving Face: Redeeming a Universal Face 106 6 Facing Off: Debating Facial Work, Constructing a “Vital” 145 Intervention 7 At Face Value 179 Losing Face: A Postscript 201 Appendix: Methods, Methodologies, and Epistemologies 209 Notes 217 References 235 Index 251 About the Author 259 This page intentionally left blank ...

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