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

Paula J. Martin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

170 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-92924-8 (ISBN)

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Working at the forefront of cosmetic surgery at the turn of the twentieth century, Dr Suzanne NoÃ«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 NoÃ«l in the context of turn-of-the-century French culture, this book is able to demonstrate how these two worldviews were reconciled. NoÃ«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’.

Paula J. Martin is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Women and Gender Studies at Georgia Southwestern State University, USA.

Introduction; Chapter 1 La Belle Époque: Paris, Medical School and a Young Suzanne Noël (1878–1914); Chapter 2 Personal Disasters, World War I, and “Broken Faces” (1914–1930); Chapter 3 Cosmetic Surgery: “A Boon to Women” in a French Beauty Culture; Chapter 4 Suzanne: Liberal Feminist, and Yet Politely Radical; Chapter 5 Suzanne Noël, Godmother of Soroptimist International; Chapter 6 A Female Plastic Surgeon and Innovative Pioneer; Chapter 7 Noël’s Legacy: A Life Dedicated to Others;

Erscheinungsdatum	16.10.2024
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	312 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-032-92924-3 / 1032929243
ISBN-13	978-1-032-92924-8 / 9781032929248
Zustand	Neuware