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

"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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Main Author: Covino, Deborah Caslav, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Series:SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
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