03355nam 2200733Ia 450 991082036730332120200520144314.00-7914-8433-51-4237-4026-2(CKB)1000000000458426(OCoLC)62757052(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579160(SSID)ssj0000101834(PQKBManifestationID)11131470(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101834(PQKBWorkID)10043434(PQKB)10235070(MiAaPQ)EBC3407737(OCoLC)62395523(MdBmJHUP)muse6205(Au-PeEL)EBL3407737(CaPaEBR)ebr10579160(OCoLC)923408766(DE-B1597)683369(DE-B1597)9780791484333(EXLCZ)99100000000045842620040210d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmending the abject body aesthetic makeovers in medicine and culture /Deborah Caslav Covino1st ed.New York State University of New York Pressc20041 online resource (163 p.) SUNY series in feminist criticism and theoryBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6231-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-148) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abjection -- Normalizing the Body -- Outside-In -- “I’m Doing it for Me” -- Making Over Abjection -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- IndexFeminist 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.SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.Body image in womenSelf-perception in womenWomenPhysiologyHuman bodySocial aspectsSurgery, PlasticFeminist theoryBody image in women.Self-perception in women.WomenPhysiology.Human bodySocial aspects.Surgery, Plastic.Feminist theory.306.4/613Covino Deborah Caslav1960-1615528MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820367303321Amending the abject body3945762UNINA