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Surface Imaginations: Cosmetic Surgery, Photography, and Skin
Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst
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Description for Surface Imaginations: Cosmetic Surgery, Photography, and Skin
hardcover. A meditation on why surfaces are so profound in the contemporary culture of cosmetic surgery. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: MNPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Versatile, trendy, and resilient, the global cosmetic surgery industry shows no signs of decline, especially with its promises, not just of aesthetic improvement, but of absolute transformation. Introducing the concept of "surface imagination," Rachel Hurst discusses the fantasy that a change to the exterior will enhance the interior, or that the outside is more significant because it fashions the inside. Drawing on psychoanalysis, feminist theory, popular culture, the history of medicine, and interviews with women who have undergone cosmetic procedures, Hurst explores the tensions between the two primary surfaces of cosmetic surgery: the photograph and the skin. The photograph, ... Read more
Versatile, trendy, and resilient, the global cosmetic surgery industry shows no signs of decline, especially with its promises, not just of aesthetic improvement, but of absolute transformation. Introducing the concept of "surface imagination," Rachel Hurst discusses the fantasy that a change to the exterior will enhance the interior, or that the outside is more significant because it fashions the inside. Drawing on psychoanalysis, feminist theory, popular culture, the history of medicine, and interviews with women who have undergone cosmetic procedures, Hurst explores the tensions between the two primary surfaces of cosmetic surgery: the photograph and the skin. The photograph, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773546004
SKU
V9780773546004
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About Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst
Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst is associate professor of women's and gender studies at St Francis Xavier University.
Reviews for Surface Imaginations: Cosmetic Surgery, Photography, and Skin
"Moving beyond traditional approaches towards cosmetic surgery, Surface Imaginations is a poetic, strong, and innovative study that develops and elaborates on issues of fantasy, photography, and the limitations of the skin." Kathy Davis, VU University Amsterdam