Amending the abject body : aesthetic makeovers in medicine and culture /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Covino, Deborah Caslav, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Series:SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
Subjects:
Body image in women.
Self-perception in women.
Women > Physiology.
Human body > Social aspects.
Surgery, Plastic.
Feminist theory.
Feminism.
Self-perception.
Women.
Body Image
Feminism
Self Concept
Surgery, Plastic > psychology
Women
Image du corps chez la femme.
Perception de soi chez la femme.
Femmes > Physiologie.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Chirurgie plastique.
Théorie féministe.
Féminisme.
Perception de soi.
Femmes.
feminism.
women (female humans)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Self-perception
Body image in women
Feminist theory
Human body > Social aspects
Self-perception in women
Surgery, Plastic
Women > Physiology
Frau
Körperbild
Feminismus
Online Access:Texto completo

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