Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture

ISBN-13: 9780813540481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 224 str.

Victoria Pitts-Taylor

Opis

Drawing on years of research, her personal experience with cosmetic surgery, analysis of newspaper articles and television shows, and in-depth interviews with surgeons, psychiatrists, lawyers, judges, and others, Pitts-Taylor brings new perspectives to the promotion of extreme makeovers on television, the medicalization of surgery addiction, the moral and political interrogation that many patients face, and feminist debates on the topic. While many feel that cosmetic surgery is a deeply personal choice and that its pathology is rooted in the individual psyche, Pitts-Taylor makes a compelling argument that the experience, meanings, and motivations for cosmetic surgery are highly social. A much needed makeover of our cultural understanding of cosmetic surgery, this book is both authoritative and thoroughly engaging.