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Jennifer Graves Samantha Kwan Under the Knife (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Under the Knife : Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of The Natural Fake
- Publication Name
- Under the Knife
- Title
- Under the Knife
- Subtitle
- Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of the Natural F
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 143991933X
- EAN
- 9781439919330
- ISBN
- 9781439919330
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Genre
- Psychology, Medical, Social Science
- Topic
- Gender Studies, Surgery / Plastic & Cosmetic, General, Women's Studies
- Release Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- 26/06/2020
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 222 Pages
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Most women who elect to have cosmetic surgery want a "natural" outcome--a discrete alteration of the body that appears unaltered. Under the Knife examines this theme in light of a cultural paradox. Whereas women are encouraged to improve their appearance, there is also a stigma associated with those who do so via surgery. Samantha Kwan and Jennifer Graves reveal how women negotiate their "unnatural"--but hopefully (in their view) natural-looking--surgically-altered bodies. Based on in-depth interviews with 46 women who underwent cosmetic surgery to enhance their appearance, the authors investigate motivations for surgery as well as women's thoughts about looking natural after the procedures. Under the Knife dissects the psychological and physical strategies these women use to manage the expectations, challenges, and disappointments of cosmetic surgery while also addressing issues of agency and empowerment. It shows how different cultural intersections can produce varied goals and values around body improvement. Under the Knife highlights the role of deep-seated yet contradictory gendered meanings about women's bodies, passing, and boundary work. The authors also consider traditional notions of femininity and normalcy that trouble women's struggle to preserve an authentic moral self.
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Publisher
Temple University Press
ISBN-10
143991933x
ISBN-13
9781439919330
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038668868
Product Key Features
Book Title
Under the Knife : Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of The Natural Fake
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Gender Studies, Surgery / Plastic & Cosmetic, General, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Psychology, Medical, Social Science
Number of Pages
222 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
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Bf697.5.B63k83 2020
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"Under the Knife draws on a rich set of interviews to shed new light on the expectations for femininity that place women in a double bind between trying to enhance their appearance by having cosmetic surgery and facing the stigmatization of doing so. Kwan and Graves present a clear, interesting, and novel argument regarding consumers' claims that their surgeries were not life changing; these women asserted that they have maintained 'an authentic self.' This book contributes to the study of boundary work and the sociology of culture and will resonate with a broad readership. "-- Maxine Leeds Craig , Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis, and author of Sorry I Don't Dance: Why Men Refuse to Move, "Under the Knife is a timely, accessible, and unique intersectional analysis of cosmetic surgeries. Kwan and Graves unravel the paradox that surrounds people's desire to undergo cosmetic surgery in a society that overwhelmingly continues to stigmatize the practice. Kwan and Graves' theorization of the 'natural fake' will become a key concept that sociocultural scholars who study bodies and embodiment will draw on for years to come . Under the Knife is a very strong and impressive book. "-- Georgiann Davis , Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and author of Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis
Copyright Date
2020
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2019-042670
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