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I have studied body modification employing ethnografhic fieldwork research since the end of the 90s.
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Cosmetic Surgery and the "Ordinary Me", 2013
Cosmetic Surgery and the "Ordinary Me.", 2013
Cultural Modification of the Human Body, 2013
Material Asia: Objects, Technologies & Rethinking Success
Cosmetic surgery has become increasingly widespread internationally. The result has been a growin... more Cosmetic surgery has become increasingly widespread internationally. The result has been a growing standardization of beauty based on an approximate Caucasian standard. The patient in Japan, however, tends to emphasize not beauty but “ordinariness.” Ordinariness is related to one’s experience and identity. Besides, in daily life in Japan, being ”ordinary,” futuu, often connotes a positive meaning. This paper explores a local orbit that a global medicine forms, highlighting “ordinary body” based on ethnographic fieldwork in the late 90s at a university hospital and a private clinic in Japan and as a cross reference point a university hospital in South Korea.
In Japan cosmetic surgery became well known after World War Ⅱ. Before the end of the 90s, it had been done mainly at private clinics. Most university hospitals that people relied on were reluctant to commit beauty procedures. That gave cosmetic surgery a somewhat disreputable. “Ordinary” as a norm inhibits people from doing exceptional or “un-ordinary” things. Consequently cosmetic surgery patients in Japan are more desirous of keeping their surgery secret than those in South Korea. Getting a Caucasian appearance by surgical procedures will expose their “un-ordinary” surgical experience. Thus a desire for “ordinary body” can be understood from a justification for their decision, individual’s experience and identity, and a safer way to conceal a surgical experience. For cosmetic surgery “ordinary” has acted outwardly as a brake on its explosive growth but can act as a drive in reverse.
Perspective soignante
The practice of nurses applying cosmetics to deceased patients has recently been reviewed from tw... more The practice of nurses applying cosmetics to deceased patients has recently been reviewed from two different perspectives. On the on hand, by establishing this practice as a form of care, we discovered that it has the potential to mitigate the of both the family members and the nurses. In addition, it could provide an opportunity for the nurses to self-reflect. On the other hand, by delegating this practice to morticians, we discovered alternative methods of grief care and self-reflection, Through this study, I intend to present an account of the current situation in hospitals and to comprehend the issues relevant to this topic. Post-mortem care reflects and influences the current notions about the reality of life and death. I believe that the role of nurses in this regard is important at present as well as in the future.
Cosmetic Surgery and the "Ordinary Me", 2013
Cosmetic Surgery and the "Ordinary Me.", 2013
Cultural Modification of the Human Body, 2013
Material Asia: Objects, Technologies & Rethinking Success
Cosmetic surgery has become increasingly widespread internationally. The result has been a growin... more Cosmetic surgery has become increasingly widespread internationally. The result has been a growing standardization of beauty based on an approximate Caucasian standard. The patient in Japan, however, tends to emphasize not beauty but “ordinariness.” Ordinariness is related to one’s experience and identity. Besides, in daily life in Japan, being ”ordinary,” futuu, often connotes a positive meaning. This paper explores a local orbit that a global medicine forms, highlighting “ordinary body” based on ethnographic fieldwork in the late 90s at a university hospital and a private clinic in Japan and as a cross reference point a university hospital in South Korea.
In Japan cosmetic surgery became well known after World War Ⅱ. Before the end of the 90s, it had been done mainly at private clinics. Most university hospitals that people relied on were reluctant to commit beauty procedures. That gave cosmetic surgery a somewhat disreputable. “Ordinary” as a norm inhibits people from doing exceptional or “un-ordinary” things. Consequently cosmetic surgery patients in Japan are more desirous of keeping their surgery secret than those in South Korea. Getting a Caucasian appearance by surgical procedures will expose their “un-ordinary” surgical experience. Thus a desire for “ordinary body” can be understood from a justification for their decision, individual’s experience and identity, and a safer way to conceal a surgical experience. For cosmetic surgery “ordinary” has acted outwardly as a brake on its explosive growth but can act as a drive in reverse.
Perspective soignante
The practice of nurses applying cosmetics to deceased patients has recently been reviewed from tw... more The practice of nurses applying cosmetics to deceased patients has recently been reviewed from two different perspectives. On the on hand, by establishing this practice as a form of care, we discovered that it has the potential to mitigate the of both the family members and the nurses. In addition, it could provide an opportunity for the nurses to self-reflect. On the other hand, by delegating this practice to morticians, we discovered alternative methods of grief care and self-reflection, Through this study, I intend to present an account of the current situation in hospitals and to comprehend the issues relevant to this topic. Post-mortem care reflects and influences the current notions about the reality of life and death. I believe that the role of nurses in this regard is important at present as well as in the future.