زنان و فرهنگ بدن: زمينه هاي انتخاب جراحيهاي زيبايي در زنان تهراني

Women and Body Culture: The Basis for Choosing Cosmetic Surgery among Tehrani Women

This paper tries to gather the experiences and understandings of Tehrani women toward their bodies before and after cosmetic surgery, and seeks to document the ways women express their viewpoints on their cosmetic surgery. This research has been conducted qualitatively and quantitatively and its findings indicate that cosmetic surgery is a matter of individual decision and social structures and should be regarded as a balance between human choice and structural compulsion.