LEADER 03470nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910966731403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791484333 010 $a0791484335 010 $a9781423740261 010 $a1423740262 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458426 035 $a(OCoLC)62757052 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579160 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101834 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131470 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101834 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043434 035 $a(PQKB)10235070 035 $a(OCoLC)62395523 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6205 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579160 035 $a(OCoLC)923408766 035 $a(DE-B1597)683369 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791484333 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407737 035 $a(Perlego)2674322 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458426 100 $a20040210d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmending the abject body $eaesthetic makeovers in medicine and culture /$fDeborah Caslav Covino 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cState University of New York Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (163 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in feminist criticism and theory 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791462317 311 08$a0791462315 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-148) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tAbjection -- $tNormalizing the Body -- $tOutside-In -- $t?I?m Doing it for Me? -- $tMaking Over Abjection -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aFeminist theorists have often argued that aesthetic surgeries and body makeovers dehumanize and disempower women patients, whose efforts at self-improvement lead to their objectification. Amending the Abject Body proposes that although objectification is an important element in this phenomenon, the explosive growth of "makeover culture" can be understood as a process of both abjection (ridding ourselves of the unwanted) and identification (joining the community of what Julia Kristeva calls "clean and proper bodies"). Drawing from the advertisement and advocacy of body makeovers on television, in aesthetic surgery trade books, and in the print and Web-based marketing of face lifts, tummy tucks, and Botox injections, Deborah Caslav Covino articulates the relationship among objectification, abjection, and identification, and offers a fuller understanding of contemporary beauty-desire. 410 0$aSUNY series in feminist criticism and theory. 606 $aBody image in women 606 $aSelf-perception in women 606 $aWomen$xPhysiology 606 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects 606 $aSurgery, Plastic 606 $aFeminist theory 615 0$aBody image in women. 615 0$aSelf-perception in women. 615 0$aWomen$xPhysiology. 615 0$aHuman body$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSurgery, Plastic. 615 0$aFeminist theory. 676 $a306.4/613 700 $aCovino$b Deborah Caslav$f1960-$01809364 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966731403321 996 $aAmending the abject body$94360113 997 $aUNINA