Surgery junkies wellness and pathology in cosmetic culture - Pitts-Taylor, Victoria (Rutgers University Press, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index
Visible pathology and cosmetic wellness -- Normal extremes: cosmetic surgery television -- Miss World, Ms. Ugly : feminist debates -- The medicalization of surgery addiction -- The surgery junkie as legal subject -- The self and the limits of interiority
Despite the increasing prevalence of cosmetic surgery, there are still those who identify individuals who opt for bodily modifications as dupes of beauty culture, as being in conflict with feminist ideals, or as having some form of psychological weakness. In this ground-breaking book, Victoria Pitts-Taylor examines why we consider some cosmetic surgeries to be acceptable or even beneficial and others to be unacceptable and possibly harmful. Drawing on years of research, in-depth interviews with surgeons and psychiatrists, analysis of newspaper articles, legal documents, and television shows, a