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Reshaping the Female Body
The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery
Kathy Davis
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Reshaping the Female Body
The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery
Kathy Davis
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Reshaping... looks at women's involvement in cosmetic surgery and raises the question of why women put themselves under the knife for operations which are painful, risky and expensive and often leave them in worse shape than before.
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A
abdominoplasties, 26
adolescents: decision-making on breast augmentation, 124-25, 141
agency: femininity and, 60-62, 62-64; as theme of study, 11; womenās decisions on cosmetic surgery, 117, 157
Andersen, Hans Christian, 65-66
anesthesia, 15, 27
antisepsis, 15
B
Bar-On, Bat Ami, 179-80
Barthes, Roland, 46
Bartky, Sandra, 51, 62-64, 172, 173-74
Baudrillard, Jean, 46
beauty: as cultural discourse, 54ā56; femininity and politics of, 49-52; feminist critiques of cosmetic surgery, 172ā75; history of in Western culture, 390
ā41; as oppression, 52-54; psychoanalysis and, 43-45; social psychology and, 42ā43; sociology and, 45-49; womenās decisions on cosmetic surgery, 88-92, 157
body contouring, 26-27. See also liposuction
body: cosmetic surgery and view of as commodity, 157; cosmetic surgery and womenās experiences of embodiment, 96ā114; sense of self in relation to, 59ā60; social psychology and image of, 42; sociology and beauty, 47ā49
Bordo, Susan, 54-56, 178
Branca (Sicilian physician), 14
breast augmentation surgery: history of, 24ā26; narratives on decision-making process, 119-36, 137-58; side effects and dangers of, 27ā28; womenās decisions on cosmetic surgery, 3-4. See also silicone implants
breasts, femininity in Western culture and, 9, 60. See also breast augmentation surgery; silicone implants
C
Calvinism, 90
Chapkis, Wendy, 52ā54
chemical peeling, 24
Cher, 4, 18
chivalry, medieval cult of, 39
choice: feminist critiques of cosmetic surgery, 164ā72; womenās narratives on cosmetic surgery, 137ā58. See also decision-making
class: breast augmentation surgery and, 9; health insurance and cosmetic surgery, 6
clothing, sizing of and cosmetic surgery, 78-80
collagen treatments, 24
complaints, in womenās narratives on breast augmentation surgery, 147-49
computer imaging, 17, 130
consumerism: media promotion of cosmetic surgery, 20; sociology and beauty, 47-49
cosmetic industry, 40
cosmetic surgery: as big business, 20ā22; choice and informed consent in womenās narratives on, 137ā58; cultural critique of, 28ā29; developme...