Amending the Abject Body by Deborah Caslav Covino - 9780791462324

Amending the Abject BodyAesthetic Makeovers in Medicine and Culture\nAuthor(s): Deborah Caslav Covino\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9780791462324, 978-0791462324\nSynopsis\nExamines the implications and meanings of the makeover and aesthetic surgery industry in American popular culture.\n\nFeminist 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, the explosive growth of \""makeover culture\"" can be understood as a process of both abjection (ridding ourselves of the unwanted) and identification (joining the community of what Julia Kristeva calls \""clean and proper bodies\""). Drawing from the advertisement and advocacy of body makeovers on televisio.