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dc.contributorDepartment of Applied Social Sciencesen_US
dc.creatorAu, Aen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-21T06:29:43Z-
dc.date.available2023-04-21T06:29:43Z-
dc.identifier.issn0145-9740en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10397/98208-
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dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Inc.en_US
dc.rights© 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.en_US
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.en_US
dc.rightsThe following publication Anson Au (2023) Pricing the Priceless Surgery: Professional Expertise and the Marketing of High-Risk Surgery in South Korea, Medical Anthropology, 42:5, 465-478 is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2023.2203392en_US
dc.subjectSouth Koreaen_US
dc.subjectConsumersen_US
dc.subjectCosmetic surgeryen_US
dc.subjectHigh-risk goodsen_US
dc.subjectMedical professionsen_US
dc.subjectPurchasesen_US
dc.titlePricing the priceless surgery : professional expertise and the marketing of high-risk surgery in South Koreaen_US
dc.typeJournal/Magazine Articleen_US
dc.identifier.spage465en_US
dc.identifier.epage478en_US
dc.identifier.volume42en_US
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01459740.2023.2203392en_US
dcterms.abstractThrough ethnographic fieldwork in cosmetic surgery clinics in Seoul, South Korea in 2018, in this article I investigate how professional clinicians persuade consumers to purchase surgery during consultations. Enamored by the ascendancy of the Korean cultural industry, many non-Koreans are drawn to Korea for the storied, domestic brand of surgery believed to be inextricable from the aesthetic appeal of their idols. Clinical professionals capitalize on this Korean ascendancy by transforming the meanings of surgical success (as symbolic attainment of moral-existential satisfaction) and failure (as deficiency of its symbolic rewards) to trust in their moral authority and expertise.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsopen accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMedical anthropology, 2023, v. 42, no. 5, p. 465-478en_US
dcterms.isPartOfMedical anthropologyen_US
dcterms.issued2023-
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