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Cosmetic surgery represents an extreme form of modern grooming. It
is the fastest growing medical specialty, yet misconceptions abound
about those who undertake it and their reasons for doing so. With a
grounded approach, engaging 30 women through in-depth interview,
this study explores how they chose cosmetic surgery as an option.
Their accounts frame a theoretical discussion, in which Northrop
proposes that cosmetic surgery is initiated within the vulnerable
and divisive relationship between the self and its poor body image.
Poor body image and the attempt at its reparation are examined
conceptually through shame and narcissism. With compelling case
studies and a multi-disciplinary approach, Reflecting on Cosmetic
Surgery demonstrates that shame constitutes a framework through
which we formulate appearance norms and learn the art of becoming
socially embodied. Shame concerns the self, but manifests in
response to perceived social phenomena. Through the evaluation and
amendment of body image with cosmetic surgery, notions of self and
social worthiness are played out. Northrop argues convincingly for
a review of the way in which we view narcissism and proposes that
shame, and the discomforts arising from it, are implicated in its
occurrence. This book will appeal to students and scholars across
the social sciences, and particularly in women's studies and gender
studies.
Cosmetic surgery represents an extreme form of modern grooming. It
is the fastest growing medical specialty, yet misconceptions abound
about those who undertake it and their reasons for doing so. With a
grounded approach, engaging 30 women through in-depth interview,
this study explores how they chose cosmetic surgery as an option.
Their accounts frame a theoretical discussion, in which Northrop
proposes that cosmetic surgery is initiated within the vulnerable
and divisive relationship between the self and its poor body image.
Poor body image and the attempt at its reparation are examined
conceptually through shame and narcissism. With compelling case
studies and a multi-disciplinary approach, Reflecting on Cosmetic
Surgery demonstrates that shame constitutes a framework through
which we formulate appearance norms and learn the art of becoming
socially embodied. Shame concerns the self, but manifests in
response to perceived social phenomena. Through the evaluation and
amendment of body image with cosmetic surgery, notions of self and
social worthiness are played out. Northrop argues convincingly for
a review of the way in which we view narcissism and proposes that
shame, and the discomforts arising from it, are implicated in its
occurrence. This book will appeal to students and scholars across
the social sciences, and particularly in women's studies and gender
studies.
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