Reshaping the Female Body - The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery

Zusatztext "well-written analysis...powerful...fascinating...will intrigue medical sociologists and feminists alike." -- European Journal of Women's Studies Informationen zum Autor Kathy Davis Klappentext First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung This work attempts to make sense of women's involvement in cosmetic surgery. Whereas traditional explanations have tended to look to female narcissism, this book situates cosmetic surgery in a feminist analysis of the cultural constraints of femininity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Cosmetic Surgery as Feminist Dilemma; Chapter 2 The Rise of the Surgical Fix; Chapter 3 Beauty and the Female Body; Chapter 4 Public Face/Private Suffering; Chapter 5 From Objectified Body to Embodied Subject; Chapter 6 Decisions and Deliberations; Chapter 7 Choice and Informed Consent Revisited; Chapter 8 Facing the Dilemma;

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Cosmetic Surgery as Feminist Dilemma; Chapter 2 The Rise of the Surgical Fix; Chapter 3 Beauty and the Female Body; Chapter 4 Public Face/Private Suffering; Chapter 5 From Objectified Body to Embodied Subject; Chapter 6 Decisions and Deliberations; Chapter 7 Choice and Informed Consent Revisited; Chapter 8 Facing the Dilemma;

Report

"well-written analysis...powerful...fascinating...will intrigue medical sociologists and feminists alike." -- European Journal of Women's Studies

Product details

• Authors: Kathy Davis, Kathy (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Davis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.1994
• EAN: 9780415906326
• ISBN: 978-0-415-90632-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Medical Sociology