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The greys of the somatic making of health and well-being: the medical practices of plastic surgery in the face of the demands of cis women in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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No. 19 (2023): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.71212

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the ways in which the processes identified with health, illness and well-being, key to the organisation of western medicine, are brought into play in the specific practice of plastic surgery in the face of the demands made by cis women in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We analyse the general characteristics of this speciality, its main competencies, situations of interference and objectives, as well as the specific clinical and surgical strategies that are put into play in the different consultations. It focuses on the "grey areas" of the approach to serious burns, the demands of women who consult for cosmetic surgery and the cases understood as borderline by doctors, patients and social and prepaid health insurance companies. The theoretical-methodological strategy recovers contributions from science and technology studies. A heterogeneous set of materials is analysed, including interviews with professionals, residency programmes, profiles on social networks, among others.

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Health, disease and well-being of cis women, Plastic surgery in Buenos Aires, Medical practices, Aesthetic and reconstructive, Bodies

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Ana Mines Cuenya, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Doctora en Ciencias Sociales y licenciada en Sociología por la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Becaria postdoctoral del CONICET en el Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (UBA).

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Mines Cuenya, A. . (2023). The greys of the somatic making of health and well-being: the medical practices of plastic surgery in the face of the demands of cis women in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista Punto Género, (19), pp.102–134. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.71212
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