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Examines the search for beauty and self-acceptance through the experiences of a young Filipina and Korean woman living in Canada who both believe their appearance, specifically their eyes, affect the way they are perceived. Both feel unsettled in Western society and are contemplating cosmetic surger...

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Corporate Authors: First Run/Icarus Films, National Film Board of Canada
Other Authors: Flahive, Gerry, Shin, Ann
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 2000
Subjects:
Asians > Canada > Ethnic identity
Beauty, Personal > Psychological aspects
Blepharoplasty
Body image in women
Body image > Social aspects
Conflict of generations > Canada
Documentary films > Canada
Eyelids > Surgery > Psychological aspects
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Filipinos > Cultural assimilation > Canada
Filipinos > Canada > Ethnic identity
Koreans > Cultural assimilation > Canada
Koreans > Canada > Ethnic identity
Self-perception
Surgery, Plastic > Psychological aspects

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