Breast augmentation is made possible by the intersections of
dominant understandings and practices of gender, medicine and
consumerism. In contemporary western world societies, the female
breast is increasingly drawn into medicalized processes of
commodification. Through practices of breast augmentation, the
breast is able to be exchanged and transformed. The breast as a
commodity is understood and (re)produced as a cultural object of
femininity. Dominant understandings of femininity not only shape
constructions of subjectivities for women but also act to normalize
wider social arrangements. This book explores the discursive
understandings that surround practices of breast augmentation at
the site of cosmetic surgery websites in New Zealand. Online breast
augmentation was represented in ways that indicated the processes
of breast augmentation hold in place dominant notions of
femininity. These notions of femininity were drawn upon to
construct women as their bodies, and their bodies as idealized
objects. As such, ideas of femininity reproduced in these websites
worked to limit possibilities of choice for women in practices of
breast augmentation in contemporary New Zealand society
General
Imprint: |
VDM Verlag
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
December 2009 |
First published: |
December 2009 |
Authors: |
Veronica Hopner
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
88 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-05157-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
|
LSN: |
3-639-05157-2 |
Barcode: |
9783639051575 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!