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Experiments in Skin
Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam
Taschenbuch von Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
Sprache: Englisch

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In Experiments in Skin Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the ongoing influence of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty. Framing skin as the site around which these ideas have been formed, Tu foregrounds the histories of militarism in the production of US biomedical knowledge and commercial cosmetics. She uncovers the efforts of wartime scientists in the US Military Dermatology Research Program to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' skin. These dermatologists sought relief for white soldiers while denying that African American soldiers and Vietnamese civilians were also vulnerable to harm. Their experiments led to the development of pharmaceutical cosmetics, now used by women in Ho Chi Minh City to tend to their skin, and to grapple with the damage caused by the war's lingering toxicity. In showing how the US military laid the foundations for contemporary Vietnamese consumption of cosmetics and practices of beauty, Tu shows how the intersecting histories of militarism, biomedicine, race, and aesthetics become materially and metaphorically visible on skin.
In Experiments in Skin Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the ongoing influence of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty. Framing skin as the site around which these ideas have been formed, Tu foregrounds the histories of militarism in the production of US biomedical knowledge and commercial cosmetics. She uncovers the efforts of wartime scientists in the US Military Dermatology Research Program to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' skin. These dermatologists sought relief for white soldiers while denying that African American soldiers and Vietnamese civilians were also vulnerable to harm. Their experiments led to the development of pharmaceutical cosmetics, now used by women in Ho Chi Minh City to tend to their skin, and to grapple with the damage caused by the war's lingering toxicity. In showing how the US military laid the foundations for contemporary Vietnamese consumption of cosmetics and practices of beauty, Tu shows how the intersecting histories of militarism, biomedicine, race, and aesthetics become materially and metaphorically visible on skin.
Über den Autor
Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and author of The Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion, also published by Duke University Press.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Mysteries of the Visible 1
1. Skin Stories: Making Beauty in the Culture of Renovation 23
2. The Beautiful Life of Agent Orange 49
3. An Armor of Skin: Pacific Threats and the Dreams of Infinite Security 76
4. A Laboratory of Skin: Making Race in the Mekong Delta 104
5. Weak Skin, Strong Skin: The Work of Making Livable 134
Epilogue 161
Notes 165
Bibliography 201
Index 219
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781478011774
ISBN-10: 1478011777
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Tu, Thuy Linh Nguyen
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,354 kg
Artikel-ID: 118714862
Über den Autor
Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and author of The Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion, also published by Duke University Press.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Mysteries of the Visible 1
1. Skin Stories: Making Beauty in the Culture of Renovation 23
2. The Beautiful Life of Agent Orange 49
3. An Armor of Skin: Pacific Threats and the Dreams of Infinite Security 76
4. A Laboratory of Skin: Making Race in the Mekong Delta 104
5. Weak Skin, Strong Skin: The Work of Making Livable 134
Epilogue 161
Notes 165
Bibliography 201
Index 219
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781478011774
ISBN-10: 1478011777
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Tu, Thuy Linh Nguyen
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,354 kg
Artikel-ID: 118714862
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