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Home » News » Yale News Interviews Alka Menon on new book Refashioning Race

Yale News Interviews Alka Menon on new book Refashioning Race

Department News
October 5, 2023

In an interview, Yale sociologist Alka Menon discusses her new book, which offers an international perspective on how plastic surgeons respond to — and influence — racialized standards of beauty.

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