'Perhaps most importantly, this book is a good read. The characters are bright and affecting. Contradictions are brought to the fore and left unresolved, leaving the reader space to draw their own interpretations. It speaks particularly to the interests of scholars and students from sociology, STS, critical geography and anthropology, but will be useful to anyone who is curious about examining how global networks of practice form and hold together.'
Sociology of Health & Illness

Ruth Holliday is Professor of Gender and Culture at the University of Leeds
Meredith Jones is Reader in Gender and Media Studies, and Director of the Research Centre for Global Lives at Brunel University London
David Bell is Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Leeds

1 Clinical trails: researching cosmetic surgery tourism
2 Cosmetic investments
3 Locating cosmetic surgery tourism
4 The work of cosmetic surgery tourism I: care-giving companions and medical travel facilitators
5 The work of cosmetic surgery tourism II: health workers and patients
6 Community and little narratives
7 Decentring and disorienting cosmetic surgery tourism
8 Cosmetic convivialities and cosmopolitan beginnings
9 Conclusions
Index