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Cosmetic Surgery, Gender and Culture

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Suzanne Fraser

    1. National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales, Australia

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 1-19

  3. Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Toolkit for a Modest Witness

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 23-40

    3. The Pressures of the Text: Intertextuality and Preferred Readings

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 41-57

  4. Discourses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Glossing Femininity: Women’s Magazines

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 61-96

    3. Feminist Imaginary Bodies

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 97-121

    4. The ‘Art’ of Cosmetic Surgery: Medicine, Metaphor and Meaning

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 122-152

    5. The Regulation of Gender: Cosmetic Surgery, Regulatory Processes and Femininity

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 153-183

    6. Conclusion

      • Suzanne Fraser
      Pages 185-194

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 195-243
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About this book

Women's magazines teem with its promises and horror stories; feminists ardently debate its status as harmful or heroic; surgeons and regulators compete to define which procedures can be offered and how. Through its representation, cosmetic surgery impacts on us all, not just those who go 'under the knife'. This book investigates the ways in which cosmetic surgery is shaping gender, and in the process, it questions contemporary cultural studies assumptions about how we read the media.

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales, Australia

    Suzanne Fraser

About the author

SUZANNE FRASER is a research fellow at the National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales. She has a PhD in Gender Studies, and has published in the areas of health, feminism and cosmetic surgery.

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