Scalpel slaves or cyborgs? : cosmetic surgery and embodied identity
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01/01/2003
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This thesis explores individuals' experiences of cosmetic surgery in Melbourne. The research conducted with recipients of cosmetic surgery is a complex and ambiguous practice simultaneously encompassing pain and pleasure, agency and constraint, empowerment and conformity. By providing a more nuanced representation of people's experiences of such surgery, the thesis envisions a subjectivity that may better account for individuals' active and lived relationship to their bodies. |
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eng |
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Deakin University, Faculty of Arts, School of Social and International Studies |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30026707/bentley-scalpelslaves-2003A.pdf |
Palavras-Chave | #Surgery, Plastic - Social aspects - Victoria #Body image |
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