Samantha Kwan, Jennifer Graves

Broschiertes Buch

Under the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of the Natural Fake

Beschreibung

"This book uses interviews with women undergoing elective cosmetic surgery to explore the way they make sense of their body project in light of dominant cultural discourses, including women's agency over their bodies and the undesirability of unnatural aesthetics"--

Autor

Samantha Kwan is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston. Her research focuses on how people embody, resist, and negotiate body norms and scripts. She is coauthor of Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture and coeditor of Embodied Resistance: Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules; The Politics of Women’s Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior; and Body Battlegrounds: Transgressions, Tensions, and Transformations.  Jennifer Graves is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston. Her research focuses on the sociology of the body and embodiment with a particular interest in fat studies. She is coauthor of Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781439919330
• ISBN-10: 143991933X
• Artikelnr.: 58297797