Ethnic plastic surgeries in Brazil: identity, multiculturalism and globalization

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to understand the socio-cultural transformations generated by ethnic
plastic surgeries through a reflection about identity, multiculturalism and globalization in Brazil. This
surgical procedure is considered a way of immigrants to be integrate in the modern societies, because it
promotes some body homogeneous by the transformation of distinctive ethnic features. On the other hand,
it can also be interpreted as a new form of social subordination and racism. It is a theoretical study based
on literature review with emphasis on a social and cultural anthropology.