Review of: Paula-Irene Villa (Hg.): Schön normal. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2008

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/741

Keywords:

Neue Frauenbewegungen, Medien, Macht, Konsum, Körper, Kultur, Feminismus, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

The collected volume investigates diverse performances of cosmetic surgery and other bodily operations as cultural avenues of approach to the creation of subject identity. The study examines the ambivalence of such manipulations as they oscillate between self-empowerment and self-subjugation from a gender-theoretical perspective. The redundant references to Foucauldian perspectives can be easily ignored due to the interdisciplinary multiplicity of sources.

Author Biography

  • Zuzanna Jakubowski, University of Potsdam
    wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft

References

Valentino Exhibit at Rome’s Ara Pacis by Susan Sanders

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Published

2009-07-07

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2009): Mode, Körper

Section

Schwerpunkt

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Copyright (c) 2009 Zuzanna Jakubowski

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