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02943aam a2200505 i 4500 001 4398D5204EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221018010048 008 201130t20212021ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020029553 020 $a 1478011777 020 $a 9781478011774 020 $a 1478010665 020 $a 9781478010661 035 $a (OCoLC)1163952927 040 $a NcD/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d XII $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-vt--- 050 00 $a DS559.8.C5 $b T8 2021 082 00 $a 959.704/34 $2 23 100 1 $a Tu, Thuy Linh N., $e author. 245 10 $a Experiments in skin : $b race and beauty in the shadows of Vietnam / $c Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu. 264 1 $a Durham : $b Duke University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a viii, 230 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-217) and index. 505 00 $t Weak skin, strong skin: the work of making livable. $t Skin stories: making beauty in the culture of renovation -- $t The beautiful life of agent orange -- $t An armor of skin: pacific threats and the dreams of infinite security -- $t A laboratory of skin: making race in the Mekong Delta -- $t Weak skin, strong skin: the work of making livable. 520 $a "Experiments in Skin examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, categories assumed to be manifest on our skin but only rendered so through great scientific, commercial, and aesthetic efforts. It uncovers the work of wartime scientists in the U.S. Military Dermatology Research Program, who attempted to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' bodies, while helping to shore up these chemical's widespread use, and ties these efforts to the labors of women in contemporary Vietnam, struggling to remediate war's biochemical effects"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Health aspects. $x Health aspects. 650 0 $a Chemical warfare $x Health aspects $z Vietnam. 650 0 $a Skin $x Diseases $z Vietnam. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Medical care. 650 0 $a Medicine, Preventive $z Vietnam. 650 6 $a Peau $x Maladies $z Viet-nam. 650 6 $a Guerre du Viet-nam, 1961-1975 $x Soins medicaux. 650 6 $a Medecine preventive $z Viet-nam. 650 7 $a Chemical warfare $x Health aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00853236 650 7 $a Medical care. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01013753 650 7 $a Medicine, Preventive. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01015324 650 7 $a Skin $x Diseases. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120068 651 7 $a Vietnam. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204778 648 7 $a 1961-1975 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Tu, Thuy Linh N. $t Experiments in skin $d Durham : Duke University Press, 2021. $z 9781478013136 $w (DLC) 2020029554 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020946.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4398D5204EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search