Labiaplasty, Race and the Colonial Imagination

Nurka, Camille; Jones, Bethany

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Labiaplasty, Race and the Colonial Imagination

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2013

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Nurka, Camille

Jones, Bethany

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Taylor & Francis Group

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This article seeks to interrogate the cultural meaning of cosmetic labiaplasty surgery (CLS) in the Western context through a historical examination of the symbolic function of the labia in relation to the construction of racial difference in early coloni

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/53985

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ANU Research Publications

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Australian Feminist Studies

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Journal article

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10.1080/08164649.2013.868332

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