In this paper, drawing on notions, such as harmful cultural practices and beauty, and based on semi-structured interviews with young female university students in Iran, perceptions and experiences on beauty practices and cosmetic surgery are studied. We show how despite existing criticism of the gendered aspects of beauty practices among Iranian women who practice them, they are still practiced on a large scale. In contemporary Iran, the female body as a contested space for expression of social capital is under influence by the globalized beauty standards that predominantly rely on Western beauty ideals. This article explores beauty practices and positions them in the religious and political discourses of body and corporality in contemporary Iran. This empirical study reveal that despite the popularity of particular practices in Iran, especially nose jobs, beauty is not perceived as a common good but as a necessary evil by young Iranian women. We discuss how beauty is perceived, articulated, practiced and potentially resisted by young women in Iran.

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“杀死我，但让我美丽”：当代伊朗女性美容实践中的危害与中介

本文利用有害文化习俗和美容等概念，并基于对伊朗年轻女大学生的半结构化访谈，研究了对美容实践和整容手术的看法和经验。我们展示了尽管伊朗女性在实践美容实践中存在性别歧视方面存在批评，但仍在大规模实践中。在当代伊朗，女性身体作为表达社会资本的有争议空间，受到主要依靠西方美容理想的全球化美容标准的影响。本文探讨了美容实践，并将其置于当代伊朗关于身体和法人的宗教和政治论述中。这项经验研究表明，尽管某些特定做法在伊朗很受欢迎，尤其是鼻子工作，美丽的伊朗年轻女性并不认为这是一种共同的好处，而是一种必不可少的邪恶。我们讨论伊朗年轻女性如何感知，表达，实践和潜在抵抗美。