"Feminist theorists have often argued that aesthetic surgeries and body makeovers dehumanize and disempower women patients, whose efforts at self-improvement lead to their objectification. Amending the Abject Body proposes that although objectification is an important element in this phenomenon...

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1. Verfasser:	Covino, Deborah Caslav 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York State Univ. of New York Press 2004
Schriftenreihe:	SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory
Schlagworte:	Feminismus Frau Gesellschaft Body Image Body image in women Feminism Feminist theory Human body > Social aspects Self Concept Self-perception in women Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Plastic > psychology Women Women > Physiology Körperbild
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Zusammenfassung:	"Feminist theorists have often argued that aesthetic surgeries and body makeovers dehumanize and disempower women patients, whose efforts at self-improvement lead to their objectification. Amending the Abject Body proposes that although objectification is an important element in this phenomenon, the explosive growth of "makeover culture" can be understood as a process of both abjection (ridding ourselves of the unwanted) and identification (joining the community of what Julia Kristeva calls "clean and proper bodies"). Drawing from the advertisement and advocacy of body makeovers on television, in aesthetic surgery trade books, and in the print and Web-based marketing of face lifts, tummy tucks, and Botox injections, Deborah Caslav Covino articulates the relationship among objectification, abjection, and identification, and offers a fuller understanding of contemporary beauty-desire."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	IX, 152 S.
ISBN:	0791462315 0791462323